Beyond the Whole: Reduced Empathy for Masked Emotional Faces Is Not Driven by Disrupted Configural Face Processing

Sharing of emotional states is reduced for individuals wearing face coverings, but the mechanism behind this reduction remains unknown. Here, we investigated if face occlusion by masks reduces empathy by disrupting configural processing of emotional faces. Participants rated their empathy for happy...

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Published in:	Behavioral Sciences
Main Authors:	Sarah D. McCrackin, Jelena Ristic
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2024-09-01
Subjects:	lower face occlusion face masks inversion configural face perception affective empathy facial emotion
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/14/9/850