Narcissism and Emotion Recognition: Agentic and Communal Narcissism Predict Noise Perception but Not Signal Decoding

In two experimental studies (N1 =147, N2 =520), we investigated the relation between grandiose narcissism and emotion recognition. High grandiose (agentic and communal) narcissists were not better at signal decoding (accurate view of the intended expressed emotion), but more susceptible to noise perception (inaccurate deciphering of secondary unintended emotions).