The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of the worldwide population. Citizens suffer
the social, economic, physiological, and psychological effects of this pandemic. Primary …

Face masks have proven to be key to slowing down the SARS-Cov2 virus spread in the
COVID-19 pandemic context. However, wearing face masks is not devoid of “side-effects”, at …

Facial expressions, and the ability to recognize these expressions, have evolved in humans
to communicate information to one another. Face masks are equipment used in healthcare …

Facial emotion recognition is crucial for social interaction. However, in times of a global
pandemic, where wearing a face mask covering mouth and nose is widely encouraged to …

Face masks have been said to impact face-to-face interaction negatively. Yet, there is limited
evidence on the degree to which partial face occlusion is detrimental to empathic processes …

The use of surgical-type face masks has become increasingly common during the COVID-19
pandemic. Recent findings suggest that it is harder to categorise the facial expressions of …

The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new challenges for governments and individuals.
Unprecedented efforts at reducing virus transmission launched a novel arena for human …

Covering faces with masks, due to mandatory pandemic safety regulations, we can no
longer rely on the habitual daily-life information. This may be thought-provoking for healthy …

Due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, wearing masks has become essential for social
interaction, disturbing emotion recognition in daily life. In the present study, a total of 39 …

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people around the world have been wearing
masks. This has negatively affected the reading of facial emotions. In the current study, the …