Table 3.
Percentage of responses from the 4 emotions categories for each portrayed emotion. Diagonal represent the percent correct recognition.
| Mean performance | Children (age 5–8) | Pre-Ado (age 9–11) | Mid-Ado (age 12–14) | Late-Ado (age15–17) | Adults | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73.3 | 80.4 | 84.1 | 86.8 | 86.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Emotion | Perceived | Perceived | Perceived | Perceived | Perceived | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed | A | H | F | S | A | H | F | S | A | H | F | S | A | H | F | S | A | H | F | S |
| Anger | 52.7 | 10.2 | 28.3 | 8.3 | 52.5 | 5.9 | 16.1 | 25.1 | 66.7 | 7.8 | 10 | 16.0 | 66.3 | 9 | 6.3 | 18.3 | 74.0 | 12.7 | 9.3 | 4.0 |
| Happiness | 3.9 | 88.3 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 96.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0 | 96.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.33 | 98.7 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 2 |
| Fear | 14.1 | 6.3 | 68.3 | 10.7 | 6.3 | 3.6 | 85.9 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 88.5 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 0.33 | 96.0 | 1 | 14.0 | 1.3 | 82.0 | 2.7 |
| Sadness | 9.3 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 80.0 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 86.2 | 7.8 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 84.8 | 9 | 1.67 | 3 | 86.3 | 0.67 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 92.7 |
In the top line is the mean performance across the four emotions.
A: Anger; H: Happiness; F: Fear; S: Sadness.