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Title: The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Facial Affect Recognition in Older Adults Versus Younger Adults.
Authors: DuBois, Samantha L.1 (AUTHOR) duboissl1@appstate.edu, Etnier, Jennifer L.2 (AUTHOR)
Source: Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. Jun2026, Vol. 48 Issue 3, p1-11. 11p.
Subject Terms: Physical activity, Facial expression & emotions (Psychology), Older people, Emotion recognition, Cognition disorders, Reaction time, Psychosocial functioning
Abstract: The ability to recognize emotional facial expressions is integral to social interactions. Older adults experience declines in facial affect recognition (FAR), which can negatively impact their psychosocial functioning and health. As prior research indicates regular physical activity can reduce age-related cognitive declines, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between physical activity and FAR performance in younger and older adults. Physical activity was assessed via self-report. A computerized FAR task was used to measure accuracy and response time. Results showed no age difference in FAR accuracy, but older adults had significantly slower FAR response times for correct responses. In addition, age group moderated the relationship between physical activity and FAR, whereby a greater amount of weekly physical activity was associated with faster FAR response times only for older adults. This suggests that physical activity may mitigate age-related declines in the ability to quickly and accurately recognize emotional facial expressions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: The ability to recognize emotional facial expressions is integral to social interactions. Older adults experience declines in facial affect recognition (FAR), which can negatively impact their psychosocial functioning and health. As prior research indicates regular physical activity can reduce age-related cognitive declines, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between physical activity and FAR performance in younger and older adults. Physical activity was assessed via self-report. A computerized FAR task was used to measure accuracy and response time. Results showed no age difference in FAR accuracy, but older adults had significantly slower FAR response times for correct responses. In addition, age group moderated the relationship between physical activity and FAR, whereby a greater amount of weekly physical activity was associated with faster FAR response times only for older adults. This suggests that physical activity may mitigate age-related declines in the ability to quickly and accurately recognize emotional facial expressions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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