Abstract
The ability to perceive emotional facial expressions is an important building block for many aspects of social and emotional functioning. Not surprisingly, this ability emerges early in life, with development continuing through adolescence. We begin this chapter by briefly reviewing current theoretical models of face emotion processing in adults, with a particular emphasis on the neural bases of this ability. We then present an overview of the developmental literature, from birth to late childhood. A secondary focus pertains to atypical patterns of development, in particular, in children with autism and children with an anxiety disorder. In particular, we review the early development and neural basis of attentional biases to fearful or threatening facial emotions, in typical development and as they relate to individual risk profiles for anxiety disorders. Finally, we highlight recent advances in the understanding of the perceived valence of facial expressions in development and the variations of emotional facial expressions perception across different human cultures.
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Bayet, L., Nelson, C.A. (2019). The Perception of Facial Emotion in Typical and Atypical Development. In: LoBue, V., Pérez-Edgar, K., Buss, K.A. (eds) Handbook of Emotional Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17332-6_6
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