%0 Journal Article
%T Facial Emotional Perception Training for Medical Students
%A Miriam V¨¢zquez-Campo
%A Leticia Vidal
%A Angela Juana Torres
%A Raimundo Mateos
%A Jose Manuel Olivares
%A Isabel Garc¨ªa-Lado
%A Alejandro Alberto Garc¨ªa-Caballero
%J Creative Education
%P 1792-1801
%@ 2151-4771
%D 2019
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ce.2019.108128
%X Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the applicability and efficacy of a tool for improving medical students¡¯ ability to recognize the facial expressions of emotions. Material and methods: We conducted a controlled intervention study with 98 medical students. The control group underwent a 45-minute class whose content was not targeted at the rehabilitation objective, while the intervention group was trained to recognize emotions through tutorials and games on eye, face and microexpression recognition usinghttps://www.e-motionaltraining.com/ program. All participants were assessed before and after the intervention with Ekman Faces Test. Results: When comparing the scores between the groups, we observed significant preintervention postintervention improvements in the intervention group in the emotions of anger (p < 0.001), sadness (p