Supporting data for "Individual Differences in the Impact Of Mask Use On Face Perception"

This thesis investigated the impact of mask use on face perceptual tasks, including face recognition, facial expression recognition, passive viewing, and social categorization and bias, and whether individual differences in related factors, such as eye movement measures, cognitive abilities, and autistic traits, could predict performance impairment due to mask use.Study 1 (Chapter 3) and Study 2 (Chapter 4) focused on the cultural differences in the effect of mask use on face perception, an important issue in the age of globalization. More specifically, Study 1 examined cultural differences in the mask effect on face and facial expression recognition, and whether individual differences in face scanning patterns could account for performance impairment due to mask use. Study 2 examined cultural differences in the mask effect on social categorization, social bias, and passive viewing, and whether individual differences in face scanning patterns could account for impairment due to mask use. In addition to typical-developing populations, Study 3 (Chapter 5) addressed the needs of vulnerable populations with face perception difficulties, such as autism, and examined how autistic and non-autistic individuals were affected by mask use differentially.本论文探讨了佩戴口罩对面部感知任务的影响，涵盖人脸识别、面部表情识别、被动观看以及社会分类与偏见，并研究了眼动指标（eye movement measures）、认知能力以及自闭特质（autistic traits）等相关因素的个体差异能否预测佩戴口罩所导致的任务表现损伤。研究1（第3章）与研究2（第4章）聚焦于全球化时代下的重要议题：佩戴口罩对面部感知影响的文化差异。具体而言，研究1考察了口罩效应在人脸识别与面部表情识别任务中的文化差异，以及面部扫描模式的个体差异是否能够解释佩戴口罩所带来的表现损伤。研究2则考察了口罩效应在社会分类、社会偏见与被动观看任务中的文化差异，以及面部扫描模式的个体差异是否能够解释佩戴口罩所带来的表现损伤。除典型发育人群外，研究3（第5章）关注了存在面部感知困难的弱势人群需求，例如自闭症（autism）群体，并探究了自闭症与非自闭症个体受佩戴口罩影响的差异程度。