Factors influencing newborns' preference for faces with eye contact
Factors influencing newborns' preference for faces with eye contact
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jecp.2006.08.001
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发表时间：
2006-12-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Johnson, Mark H.
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作者：
Farroni, Teresa;Menon, Enrica;Johnson, Mark H.
我们用优先注视技术研究了新生儿对他人注视方向的敏感性。这项研究扩展了早期关于新生儿对直视面孔的偏好的研究。在实验1中，我们重复了法罗尼及其同事的基本发现，即新生儿更喜欢直视人脸。在实验2和3中，我们确定了新生儿对直视面孔的偏好只存在于直立的脸和直的头的背景下，这表明相对原始的构型敏感机制可能在起作用。总的来说，这些结果进一步表明，新生儿相对简单的感知偏差可能是后来社会认知发展的重要基础。(c) 2006爱思唯尔公司版权所有。
We investigated newborns' sensitivity to the direction of gaze of another's face by using a preferential looking technique. This study extends earlier work on a preference for faces with direct gaze in newborns. In Experiment 1, we replicate the basic finding of Farroni and colleagues that newborns prefer to look at faces with direct gaze. In Experiments 2 and 3, we establish that a preference for faces with direct gaze in newborns is present only within the context of an upright face and a straight head, suggesting that relatively primitive con fi guration-sensitive mechanisms may be operating. Overall, these results further the view that relatively simple perceptual biases in newborns may be an essential foundation for later social-cognitive development. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.