Sex differences in the encoding and decoding of negative facial emotions

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1-1988

Abstract

To study the effects of gender on ability to recognize facial expressions of emotion, two separate samples of male and female undergraduates (727 in Study 1, 399 in Study 2) judged 120 color photographs of people posing one of four negative emotions: anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Overall, females exceeded males in their ability to recognize emotions whether expressed by males or by females. As an exception, males were superior to females in recognizing male anger. The findings are discussed in terms of social sex-roles. © 1988 Human Sciences Press.

Identifier

0013542775 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00986931

e-ISSN

15733653

ISSN

01915886

First Page

139

Last Page

148

Issue

2

Volume

12

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