Table 1 Descriptive statistics (M, SD) for the different dependent variables for each age group and for the total sample.

M

(SD)

M

(SD)

M

(SD)

M

(SD)

Emotion comprehension (/15)

6.85

(2.927)

9.907

(2.853)

11.579

(2.552)

9.667

(3.387)

Context-free facial recognition task (/5)

3.434

(1.240)

4.273

(0.994)

4.605

(0.781)

4,156

(1,114)

Non-verbal causes comprehension task (/5)

1.821

(1.171)

2.874

(1.244)

3.487

(1.083)

2,806

(1,350)

Verbal causes comprehension task (/5)

1.597

(1.330)

2.760

(1.317)

3.487

(1.175)

2,705

(1.488)

Total comprehension score for ANGER (/3)

1.543

(0.970)

2.089

(0.991)

2.337

(0.926)

2.026

(1.014)

Context-free facial recognition task (/1)

0.862

(0.345)

0.958

(0.201)

0.967

(0.178)

0.933

(0.250)

Non-verbal causes comprehension task (/1)

0.348

(0.477)

0.575

(0.495)

0.699

(0.459)

0.557

(0.497)

Verbal causes comprehension task (/1)

0.332

(0.472)

0.556

(0.497)

0.671

(0.470)

0.535

(0.499)

Total comprehension score for FEAR (/3)

1.275

(1.074)

1.984

(1.078)

2.358

(0.986)

1.923

(1.133)

Context-free facial recognition task (/1)

0.574

(0.495)

0.790

(0.408)

0.881

(0.325)

0.762

(0.426)

Non-verbal causes comprehension task (/1)

0.356

(0.479)

0.606

(0.489)

0.740

(0.439)

0.585

(0.493)

Verbal causes comprehension task (/1)

0.345

(0.476)

0.588

(0.493)

0.738

(0.440)

0.576

(0.494)

Total comprehension score for JOY (/3)

1.844

(1.032)

2.488

(0.826)

2.842

(0.483)

2.438

(0.887)

Context-free facial recognition task (/1)

0.719

(0.450)

0.908

(0.289)

0.971

(0.168)

0.877

(0.329)

Non-verbal causes comprehension task (/1)

0.605

(0.489)

0.798

(0.402)

0.936

(0.244)

0.796

(0.403)

Verbal causes comprehension task (/1)

0.519

(0.500)

0.782

(0.413)

0.934

(0.248)

0.765

(0.424)

Total comprehension score for SADNESS (/3)

1.410

(0.983)

2.147

(0.973)

2.522

(0.821)

2.078

(1.028)

Context-free facial recognition task (/1)

0.821

(0.384)

0.945

(0.229)

0.969

(0.173)

0.918

(0.275)

Non-verbal causes comprehension task (/1)

0.312

(0.464)

0.601

(0.490)

0.773

(0.420)

0.584

(0.493)

Verbal causes comprehension task (/1)

0.278

(0.449)

0.601

(0.490)

0.780

(0.414)

0.577

(0.494)

Total comprehension score for

NEUTRAL expression (/3)

0.779

(0.745)

1.198

(0.878)

1.519

(0.965)

1.202

(0.930)

Context-free facial recognition task (/1)

0.457

(0.499)

0.672

(0.470)

0.817

(0.387)

0.666

(0.472)

Non-verbal causes comprehension task (/1)

0.200

(0.401)

0.294

(0.456)

0.339

(0.474)

0.284

(0.451)

Verbal causes comprehension task (/1)

0.122

(0.299)

0.232

(0.374)

0.363

(0.436)

0.252

(0.393)