Anger and time perception in children.
The present study investigated age-related variations in judgments of the duration of angry facial expressions compared with neutral facial expressions. Children aged 3, 5, and 8 years were tested on a temporal bisection task using angry and neutral female faces. Results revealed that, in all age groups, children judged the duration of angry faces to be longer than that of neutral faces. Findings are discussed in the framework of internal clock models and the adaptive function of emotion.
Gil
Sandrine
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Laboratory of Social and Cognitive Psychology, CNRS, Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Niedenthal
Paula M
PM
Droit-Volet
Sylvie
S
D000367:Age Factors; D000786:Anger; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013998:Time Perception