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Why youth senses anger in faces
為什么現(xiàn)在的年輕人這么喪？
We tend to believe that older people are more positive and younger people are more sensitive to social cues.
我們都會(huì)認(rèn)為，面對(duì)社會(huì)外部信息，年長(zhǎng)者會(huì)更積極，而年輕人則會(huì)更加敏感。
They wanted to see if age affected a person's ability to identify subtle facial emotions, such as fear and anger.
他們想要驗(yàn)證年齡是否會(huì)影響人們辨別細(xì)微面部情緒（如恐懼、憤怒等）的能力。
The researchers from McLean Hospital in the US used a Web-based platform to collect happiness data. It showed the participants two headshots of random people. They were then asked to identify which subject was angrier, happier, or more fearful.
來自美國(guó)麥克萊恩醫(yī)院的研究人員使用了一個(gè)線上平臺(tái)來收集幸福感的數(shù)據(jù)。該平臺(tái)先向?qū)嶒?yàn)參與者們展示了兩張隨機(jī)的人物頭部特寫，并要求參與者們指出哪個(gè)人物更生氣，更高興，或者更恐懼。
The research found that younger people were able to better identify angry and fearful facial cues than older people.
研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，和年長(zhǎng)者相比，年輕人能更好地分辨出憤怒和恐懼的面部表情。
"From studies and anecdotal evidence, we know that the everyday experiences of an adolescent are different from an older person, but we wanted to understand how these experiences might be linked with differences in basic emotion understanding," wrote Laura Germine, the study's senior author.
“從研究到傳聞獲得的證據(jù)，讓我們知道青少年每一天的經(jīng)歷都與年長(zhǎng)者不同，但我們想要弄清楚這些（不同的）經(jīng)歷如何導(dǎo)致他們對(duì)基本情緒可能有不同的理解，”該研究的高級(jí)作者勞拉·格曼寫道。
But what is it that makes young people more sensitive?
然而，是什么讓年輕人變得更加敏感呢？
"This is the exact age when young people are most sensitive to forms of negative social cues, such as bullying," Lauren Rutter, the study's lead author, told Science Daily. "The normal development of anger sensitivity can contribute to some of the challenges that arise during this phase of development."
“這正是年輕人對(duì)霸凌等消極的外部信息最為敏感的年紀(jì)，”該研究的主要作者勞倫·魯特在接受《每日科學(xué)》采訪時(shí)如此表示。“憤怒感知能力的正常發(fā)展，能夠幫助他們應(yīng)對(duì)在此期間產(chǎn)生的一些挑戰(zhàn)。”
On the contrary, across the whole 10,000-person survey, researchers found no decline in the perception of happiness among older participants.
與之相反的是，在這份萬人調(diào)查中，研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)年長(zhǎng)的參與者們感知快樂的能力并沒有下降。
"What's remarkable is that we see declines in many visual perceptual abilities as we get older, but here we did not see such declines in the perception of happiness," Germine told Neuro Science News.
“值得注意的一點(diǎn)是，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)隨著年紀(jì)增長(zhǎng)，人們?cè)S多視覺感知的能力都有所下降，但在研究中，我們并沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)感知快樂的能力有所下降，”格曼在接受《神經(jīng)科學(xué)新聞》采訪時(shí)如此表示。
She added that these findings fit well with other research, showing that older adults tend to have more positive emotions and a positive outlook.
她還補(bǔ)充道，這些發(fā)現(xiàn)與其他研究結(jié)果相符，表明年長(zhǎng)者大多擁有積極的心態(tài)，對(duì)未來的展望也更加積極。
Following the paper's release, Rutter told Neuro Science News that gathering their primary research online allowed the team to tap into a "much larger and more diverse sample set" than previous studies.
研究論文發(fā)表后，魯特在接受《神經(jīng)科學(xué)新聞》采訪時(shí)表示，在網(wǎng)上進(jìn)行初步研究能令研究團(tuán)隊(duì)們挖掘到和先前的研究相比“更大、更多樣化的樣本人群”。
Now, the team is working toward a new study that examines how emotional sensitivity is related to different aspects of mental health, such as anxiety and depression.
如今，該研究團(tuán)隊(duì)正在進(jìn)行一項(xiàng)新研究：調(diào)查情緒敏感度與焦慮、抑郁等心理健康的不同層面的關(guān)系。
