Table 1 Confusion matrix showing the proportion of judgments in Task 1 (the ERAM test) for each intended emotion and for both age groups.

From: Effects of aging on emotion recognition from dynamic multimodal expressions and vocalizations

Judged emotion/group

Intended emotion

Ang

Irr

Fea

Anx

Des

Sad

Dis

Hap

Pri

Ple

Rel

Int

Younger

Ang

79[75,83]

4

8

1

1

1

1

2

3

0

0

1

Irr

12

56[51,61]

3

9

1

6

5

1

6

0

3

7

Fea

2

2

49[44,54]

25

6

7

4

3

0

0

0

0

Anx

2

6

10

38[33,43]

12

19

6

1

0

1

4

6

Des

1

1

28

10

46[41,51]

10

7

8

1

0

1

3

Sad

0

0

1

2

31

38[33,43]

14

7

0

1

1

1

Dis

2

7

0

2

0

7

50[45,55]

0

1

0

2

5

Hap

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

61[56,66]

25

13

1

5

Pri

0

6

0

0

0

3

5

4

49[44,54]

2

5

8

Ple

0

1

0

1

0

3

3

1

4

68[64,72]

12

11

Rel

0

4

0

3

1

3

3

11

3

11

69[65,73]

5

Int

1

12

0

9

0

4

1

1

8

3

2

50[45,55]

Older

Ang

61[56,66]

2

7

2

0

0

0

2

4

0

1

1

Irr

22

32[27,37]

6

9

2

8

7

3

8

0

3

4

Fea

4

1

44[39,49]

22

8

3

4

6

0

0

3

1

Anx

1

7

15

36[31,41]

11

17

9

4

0

1

5

3

Des

3

3

26

4

51[46,56]

8

13

11

1

1

3

1

Sad

0

2

2

3

24

28[23,33]

13

3

1

2

1

1

Dis

3

6

0

3

1

7

41[36,46]

0

2

0

2

2

Hap

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

51[46,56]

18

6

2

5

Pri

2

10

0

1

1

4

3

5

49[44,54]

3

7

7

Ple

1

2

0

1

0

2

2

2

3

79[75,83]

19

15

Rel

1

13

0

9

1

19

7

11

9

8

52[47,57]

16

Int

3

23

0

10

0

4

1

2

6

0

3

45[40,50]

  1. Diagonal cells represent the percentage of correct responses (marked in bold typeface). Numbers in brackets indicate 95% CIs. Ang anger, Irr irritation, Fea fear, Anx anxiety, Des despair, Sad sadness, Dis disgust, Hap happiness, Pri pride, Ple pleasure, Rel relief, Int interest.