Facial experience during the first year
Facial experience during the first year
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DOI:
10.1016/j.infbeh.2008.04.009
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发表时间:
2008-12-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Davis, Rachel E.
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作者:
Rennels, Jennifer L.;Davis, Rachel E.
Parents of 2-, 5-, 8-, and 11-month-olds used two scales we developed to provide information about their infants' facial experience with familiar and unfamiliar individuals during one week. Results showed large discrepancies in the race, sex, and age of faces that infants experience during their first year with the majority of their facial experience being with their primary caregiver, females, and other individuals of the same-race and age as their primary caregiver. The infant's age and an unfamiliar individual's sex were predictive of their time spent interacting with one another. Moreover, an unfamiliar individual's sex was predictive of the attention infants allocated during social interactions. Differences in frequency and length of interactions with certain types of faces, as well as in infant attention toward certain individuals, all likely contribute to the development of expertise in processing commonly experienced face types and deficiencies in processing less commonly experienced face types. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.