School-aged children were shown masked and unmasked faces both upright and inverted. Photo: York University School-aged children find it more difficult than adults to recognize people wearing masks, which could potentially affect their ability to socialize and make friends, Israeli and Canadian researchers have found. The joint study, carried out by Canada’s York University and Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, found that it is 20 percent more difficult for children to recognize masked faces, compared to a corresponding rate of 15 percent for adults. Face masks conceal the lower half of the face — the mouth and part of...
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