CONSPEC AND CONLERN - A 2-PROCESS THEORY OF INFANT FACE RECOGNITION
CONSPEC AND CONLERN - A 2-PROCESS THEORY OF INFANT FACE RECOGNITION
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DOI：
10.1037/0033-295x.98.2.164
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发表时间：
1991-04-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
JOHNSON, MH
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作者：
MORTON, J;JOHNSON, MH
来自新生儿的证据得出这样的结论：婴儿出生时就具有一些有关面部结构的信息。 这种被称为 CONSPEC 的结构信息指导着对新生婴儿中发现的面部图案的偏好。 CONSPEC 与名为 CONLERN 的设备形成对比，后者负责了解同种动物的视觉特征。 对于人类婴儿，CONLERN 直到 2 个月大时才影响注视行为。 这两种独立机制之间的区别可以协调有关人类婴儿面部识别发展的相互冲突的数据。 最后，讨论了来自另一个物种——家鸡的证据，对此已经提出了类似的2过程理论。 新的命名法适用于小鸡，并用作与婴儿进行比较的基础。
Evidence from newborns leads to the conclusion that infants are born with some information about the structure of faces. This structural information, termed CONSPEC, guides the preference for facelike patterns found in newborn infants. CONSPEC is contrasted with a device termed CONLERN, which is responsible for learning about the visual characteristics of conspecifics. In the human infant, CONLERN does not influence looking behavior until 2 months of age. The distinction between these 2 independent mechanisms allows a reconciliation of the conflicting data on the development of face recognition in human infants. Finally, evidence from another species, the domestic chick, for which a similar 2-process theory has already been put forward, is discussed. The new nomenclature is applied to the chick and used as a basis for comparison with the infant.