Aboutalebi, Jubin; Gallo, Federico; Fedeli, Davide; Houdayer, Elise; Zangrillo, Federica; Emedoli, Daniele; Spina, Alfio; Bellini, Camilla; Del Maschio, Nicola; Iannaccone, Sandro; Alemanno, Federica (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-01-26)
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic impacted public health and our lifestyles,
leading to new social adaptations such as quarantine, social distancing, and
facial masks. Face masks, covering extended facial zones, hamper our ability
to extract relevant socio-emotional information from others’ faces. In this fMRI
study, we investigated how face masks interfere with facial emotion recognition, ...