Do young infants prefer an infant-directed face or a happy face?

被引:25
作者
Kim, Hojin I. [1 ]
Johnson, Scott P. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
attention; infancy; perception; social cognitions; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; PERCEPTION; NEWBORNS; SPEECH; DISCRIMINATION; REPRESENTATION; STIMULI; MOTION;
D O I
10.1177/0165025413475972
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
Infants' visual preference for infant-directed (ID) faces over adult-directed (AD) faces was examined in two experiments that introduced controls for emotion. Infants' eye movements were recorded as they viewed a series of side-by-side dynamic faces. When emotion was held constant, 6-month-old infants showed no preference for ID faces over AD faces, but a second group of infants looked significantly longer at AD faces conveying happy emotion over sad ID faces conveying sad emotion. Together, these findings suggest that infants' visual preference for ID faces is mediated, at least in part, by the presence of happy emotion. The relations between happy emotion and ID faces are discussed.
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页码:125 / 130
页数:6
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