Children can accurately recognize facial emotions from emoticons
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Highlights：
• Children (4–8 years) accuracy in emotion recognition from emoticons was tested.
• Sixty-eight children assigned emotions to pictures and emoticons.
• Pictures and graphical emoticons were more informative than typographical emoticons.
• Happiness and sadness were easiest to recognize, as opposed to disgust and fear.
• Accuracy was higher in girls and older children.
摘要
•Children (4–8 years) accuracy in emotion recognition from emoticons was tested.•Sixty-eight children assigned emotions to pictures and emoticons.•Pictures and graphical emoticons were more informative than typographical emoticons.•Happiness and sadness were easiest to recognize, as opposed to disgust and fear.•Accuracy was higher in girls and older children.
论文关键词：Virtual communication,Emotional intelligence,CMC,Emotions,Emoticons
论文评审过程：Received 16 June 2017, Revised 28 July 2017, Accepted 28 July 2017, Available online 29 July 2017, Version of Record 3 August 2017.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.07.040
