Effects of mask-wearing on social anxiety: an exploratory review

SA Saint, DA Moscovitch - Anxiety, Stress, & Co**, 2021‏ - Taylor & Francis
Background A unique feature of the global coronavirus pandemic has been the widespread
adoption of mask-wearing as a public health measure to minimize the risk of contagion. Little …

Emotional expressions beyond facial muscle actions. A call for studying autonomic signals and their impact on social perception

ME Kret - Frontiers in psychology, 2015‏ - frontiersin.org
Humans are well adapted to quickly recognize and adequately respond to another's
emotions. Different theories propose that mimicry of emotional expressions (facial or …

Wearing face masks strongly confuses counterparts in reading emotions

CC Carbon - Frontiers in psychology, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Wearing face masks is one of the essential means to prevent the transmission of certain
respiratory diseases such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Although acceptance of …

The consequences of COVID-19 on social interactions: an online study on face covering

M Calbi, N Langiulli, F Ferroni, M Montalti… - Scientific reports, 2021‏ - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the nature of our social interactions. In
order to understand how protective equipment and distancing measures influence the ability …

The COVID-19 pandemic masks the way people perceive faces

E Freud, A Stajduhar, RS Rosenbaum, G Avidan… - Scientific reports, 2020‏ - nature.com
The unprecedented efforts to minimize the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic introduce a
new arena for human face recognition in which faces are partially occluded with masks …

Impacts of face coverings on communication: An indirect impact of COVID-19

GH Saunders, IR Jackson… - International Journal of …, 2021‏ - Taylor & Francis
Objective To understand the impact of face coverings on hearing and communication.
Design An online survey consisting of closed-set and open-ended questions distributed …

Children's emotion inferences from masked faces: Implications for social interactions during COVID-19

AL Ruba, SD Pollak - Plos one, 2020‏ - journals.plos.org
To slow the progression of COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World
Health Organization (WHO) have recommended wearing face coverings. However, very little …

How does the presence of a surgical face mask impair the perceived intensity of facial emotions?

M Tsantani, V Podgajecka, KLH Gray, R Cook - PloS one, 2022‏ - journals.plos.org
The use of surgical-type face masks has become increasingly common during the COVID-19
pandemic. Recent findings suggest that it is harder to categorise the facial expressions of …

The impact of face masks on the emotional reading abilities of children—A lesson from a joint school–university project

CC Carbon, M Serrano - i-Perception, 2021‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Wearing face masks has become a usual practice in acute infection events inducing the
problem of misinterpreting the emotions of others. Empirical evidence about face masks …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the impact of face masks on the processing of facial identity, emotion, age, and gender

D Fitousi, N Rotschild, C Pnini, O Azizi - Frontiers in psychology, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new challenges for governments and individuals.
Unprecedented efforts at reducing virus transmission launched a novel arena for human …