Emotional Biases: Does mentalization enhance the ability to recognize emotions in faces?
Sesgos emocionales: ¿La mentalización mejora la capacidad de reconocer emociones en los rostros?
Palabras clave:
reconocimiento de emociones faciales, mentalización, RMET, MASCResumen
Este estudio explora la relación entre la mentalización y la capacidad de reconocer emociones en las expresiones faciales. La mentalización, similar a la Teoría de la Mente, implica inferir los estados mentales de los demás, una habilidad esencial para las interacciones sociales. Evaluamos la mentalización utilizando la prueba Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) y la película para la Evaluación de la Cognición Social (MASC), y comparamos estos con el reconocimiento de emociones utilizando la prueba Karolinska Directed Emotional Faces (KDEF). Los participantes incluyeron a 37 personas, algunas de las cuales completaron el RMET y KDEF en un experimento, y otras completaron el MASC y KDEF en otro experimento. Las pruebas de chi-cuadrado revelaron sesgos significativos en el reconocimiento de emociones, con emociones como el miedo y la tristeza subrepresentadas, y la sorpresa y el disgusto sobrerepresentadas. Sin embargo, no se encontraron correlaciones significativas entre las puntuaciones de mentalización (RMET, MASC) y la precisión en el reconocimiento de emociones (ERI). Estos hallazgos sugieren que, aunque la mentalización y el reconocimiento de emociones son procesos cognitivos relacionados, pueden operar independientemente en ciertos contextos. El estudio subraya la complejidad de la percepción emocional y la necesidad de más investigaciones para comprender los mecanismos subyacentes y mejorar las evaluaciones psicológicas e intervenciones.Citas
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