Exploring Emotion Recognition Patterns Among Iranian People Using CANTAB as an Approved Neuro-Psychological Assessment

Introduction: Emotion recognition is the main component of social cognition and has various patterns in different cultures nationalities. The present study aimed to investigate emotion among Iranians using Cambridge neuro-psychological test automated battery (CANTAB) as a valid neuropsychological test. Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 117 males females (Mean±SD age 32.1±6.4) were initially assessed by computerized intelligence progressive matrices RAVEN-2. Furthermore, excitement subtest taken from was performed. correct response participants each six basic emotions well time used for analysis. Results: maximum rate 75.83% related happy emotion. responses sadness, surprise, disgust, anger, fear 70%, 68.48%, 47.84%, 42.54%, 38.26%, respectively. Moreover, shortest disgust at 322 ms, while sadness with mean 1800 ms 1529 indicated longest time. addition, recognized happiness 1264 better than other emotions; however, post-hoc t-test analyses showed that only surprised did not differ significantly, (t(112)=-0.59, P=0.55, d=0.05). These results suggested have responses. However, surprise differ. Conclusion: findings could be beneficial evaluating cognitive elements, abilities inabilities Iranian population. investigating