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. 2026 May 29;16:26209. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-52969-8

Table 4.

Overall associations between emotion recognition and cognitive performance Within IPS tasks, with heterogeneity indices.

Emotion
type
Sub-domain k r Lower CI Upper CI p Inline graphic 2 Inline graphic I 2
Anger PASAT 7 0.1318 -0.0848 0.3365 0.2324 0.03489 0.18678 40.25
Anger SDMT 13 0.1815 0.0557 0.3016 0.0049 ** 0.02285 0.15117 38.63
Disgust PASAT 5 0.1106 -0.0766 0.2902 0.2464 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001
Disgust SDMT 11 0.1541 0.0509 0.254 0.0035 ** 0.0044 0.06633 10.67
Fear PASAT 7 0.196 -0.0123 0.3879 0.0649 ✝ 0.03076 0.1754 37.27
Fear SDMT 13 0.1971 0.0705 0.3173 0.0024 *** 0.02372 0.15402 39.49
Happiness PASAT 6 -0.082 -0.2487 0.0893 0.3483 0.00798 0.08934 16.04
Happiness SDMT 12 0.0172 -0.1693 0.2025 0.8574 0.07396 0.27196 71.14
Neutral PASAT 4 0.2358 0.0453 0.4098 0.0157 * 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001
Neutral SDMT 6 0.0306 -0.4459 0.4935 0.9065 0.30059 0.54826 88.64
Sadness PASAT 6 0.2152 0.0659 0.355 0.005 ** 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001
Sadness SDMT 12 0.16 0.0403 0.2751 0.009 ** 0.01675 0.12943 34.09
Surprise PASAT 5 0.0558 -0.1239 0.232 0.5439 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001
Surprise SDMT 9 0.1285 0.0312 0.2234 0.0097 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001
Total PASAT 10 0.2609 0.1399 0.3741 < 0.001 *** 0.0116 0.1077 22.9
Total SDMT 21 0.2889 0.2283 0.3473 < 0.001 *** 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001

Note. * p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001; ✝ marginal (p < .10). CI = Confidence Interval.