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The Social Factors behind the Mask: Contextual Effects on Trait Impressions from Faces Wearing a Face Mask
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Matilde Tumino; Luciana Carraro; Luigi Castelli – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
The presence of face masks can significantly impact processes related to trait impressions from faces. In the present research, we focused on trait impressions from faces either wearing a mask or not by addressing how contextual factors may shape such inferences. In Study 1, we compared trait impressions from faces in a phase of the COVID-19…
Descriptors: Human Body, Clothing, Disease Control, Social Cognition
The Impact of Face Coverings on Audio-Visual Contributions to Communication with Conversational Speech
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I. R. Jackson; E. Perugia; M. A. Stone; G. H. Saunders – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
The use of face coverings can make communication more difficult by removing access to visual cues as well as affecting the physical transmission of speech sounds. This study aimed to assess the independent and combined contributions of visual and auditory cues to impaired communication when using face coverings. In an online task, 150 participants…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Cues, Auditory Perception, Visual Perception
Assessing the Relationship between Delay Discounting and Decisions to Engage in Various Protective Behaviors during COVID-19
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Julia G. Halilova; Samuel Fynes-Clinton; Donna Rose Addis; R. Shayna Rosenbaum – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
Research suggests that discounting of delayed rewards (i.e., tendency to choose smaller immediate rewards over large later rewards) is a promising target of intervention to encourage compliance with public health measures (PHM), such as vaccination compliance. The effects of delay discounting, however, may differ across the types of PHMs, given…
Descriptors: Participation, COVID-19, Pandemics, Health Behavior
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Changes in Social Behavior: Protective Face Masks Reduce Deliberate Social Distancing Preferences While Leaving Automatic Avoidance Behavior Unaffected
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Esther K. Diekhof; Laura Deinert; Judith K. Keller; Juliane Degner – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
Protective face masks were one of the central measures to counteract viral transmission in the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior research indicates that face masks impact various aspects of social cognition, such as emotion recognition and social evaluation. Whether protective masks also influence social avoidance behavior is less clear. Our project…
Descriptors: Informed Consent, COVID-19, Pandemics, Social Behavior