Age Differences in Decoding Pain from the Facial Expression of Healthy Individuals and Patients with Dementia

ConclusionsAge does not only lead to a decline in recognition of facial expressions of emotions but age also affects the quality of observational pain recognition in others. However, given that older observers' performance was only slightly reduced, clearly suggests that older caregivers are surely not at risk of becoming visual agnostic for the pain in others.
Source: Pain Medicine - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Original Research Article Source Type: research