Influence of gender in the recognition of basic facial expressions: A critical literature review

Table 2 Main results related to the variables accuracy, response latency, and emotional intensity

Variableinvestigated	Emotion	Results
		F > M	F = M	F < M
Accuracy (n = 31)	Total score (n = 26)	n = 16[8-11,14,16-18,22,25,28,32-34,38,39]	n = 10 [10,15,20,23-27,31,33]	-
	Happiness (n = 24)	n = 4[21,25,33,35]	n = 19[8,12,14-16,18-20,23-28,30,31,33,36,39]	n = 1[37]
	Sadness (n = 26)	n = 12[8,14,16,17,25,28,31-34,37,39]	n = 11[12,15,18,20,23,24,26,27,30,35,36]	n = 3[19,21,33]
	Anger (n = 21)	n = 6[8,12,25,30,33,29]	n = 12[16,18,20,21,23,24,27,28,31,33,36-38]	n = 3[14,15,17]
	Disgust (n = 19)	n = 6[17,18,25,30,33,34]	n = 12[8,12,14-16,20,27,28,31,33,37,39]	n = 1[21]
	Fear (n = 20)	n = 10[8,12,17,18,25,31-33,36,39]	n = 10[14-16,20,24,27,28,30,33,37]	-
	Surprise (n = 16)	n = N = 6[8,12,16,25,28,33]	n = 10[14-16,18,20,27,31,33,37,39]	-
Response latency (n = 8)	Total score (n = 8)	-	n = 5[14,23,24,27,35]	n = 3[12,26,31]
	Happiness (n = 1)	-	n = 1[23]	n = 1[26]
	Sadness (n = 2)	-	-	n = 2[26,30]
	Anger (n = 2)	-	n = 1[23]	n = 1[30]
	Disgust (n = 1)	-	-	n = 1[30]
	Fear (n = 1)	-	-	n = 1[30]
Emotional intensity (n = 4)	Total score (n = 2)	-	n = 2[20,33]	-
	Anger (n = 2)	n = 2[28,29]	-	-
	Disgust (n = 1)	n = 1[28]	-	-

F: Female; M: Male.