Holistic Face Processing in Newborns, 3-Month-Old Infants, and Adults: Evidence From the Composite Face Effect

Holistic face processing was investigateci in newborns, 3-month-old infants, and adults through a modified version of the composite face paradigm and the recording of eye movements. After familiarization to the top portion of a face, participants (N = 70) were shown 2 aligned or misaligned faces, 1...

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Published in:Child development 2010-11, Vol.81 (6), p.1894-1905
Main Authors: Turati, Chiara, Di Giorgio, Elisa, Bardi, Lara, Simion, Francesca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult. Elderly
Adults
Aging - psychology
Attention
Babies
Biological and medical sciences
Child Development
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive Processes
Comparative Analysis
Developmental psychology
EMPIRICAL ARTICLES
Evaluation Methods
Evidence
Eye Movements
Face
Faces
Facial expressions
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Habituation
Human Body
Humans
Infancy
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infants
Information processing
Investigations
Male
Mental stimulation
Neonatal screening
Neonates
Neuropsychological Tests
Newborn babies
Newborn. Infant
Newborns
Pattern Recognition, Visual
Photic Stimulation - methods
Preferences
Psychological effects
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychomotor Performance
Screening tests
Sensory perception
Stimuli
Visual fixation
Visual Stimuli
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Summary:Holistic face processing was investigateci in newborns, 3-month-old infants, and adults through a modified version of the composite face paradigm and the recording of eye movements. After familiarization to the top portion of a face, participants (N = 70) were shown 2 aligned or misaligned faces, 1 of which comprised the familiar top part. In the aligned condition, no visual preference was found at any group age. In the misaligned condition, 3-month-olds preferred the face stimulus with the familiar top part, adults preferred the face stimulus with the novel one, and newborns did not manifest any visual preference. Results revealed that both infants' and adults' eye movements may be affected by holistic face information and demonstrated holistic face processing in 3-month-olds.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01520.x