Development of Visual Preference for Own- Versus Other-Race Faces in Infancy
Development of Visual Preference for Own- Versus Other-Race Faces in Infancy
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DOI：
10.1037/a0038835
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发表时间：
2015-04-01
影响因子：
4
通讯作者：
Lee, Kang
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作者：
Liu, Shaoying;Xiao, Wen Sara;Lee, Kang
之前的研究表明，3个月大的婴儿更喜欢自己的脸，而不是其他种族的脸。目前的研究使用眼球跟踪方法来研究这种视觉偏好是如何随着年龄超过3个月而发展的，以及当婴儿同时出现时，如何区别地扫描自己和其他种族的面孔。我们向3个月、6个月和9个月大的中国婴儿展示了自己和其他种族的面孔对。与3个月大的孩子对自己种族面孔的视觉偏好相反，9个月大的孩子更喜欢看其他种族的面孔。对眼球跟踪数据的分析显示，中国婴儿对自己和其他种族的面孔的处理方式存在差异。这些发现对视觉体验在视觉偏好发展中的作用及其与知觉狭窄的关系提供了重要的启示。
Previous research has shown that 3-month-olds prefer own-over other-race faces. The current study used eye-tracking methodology to examine how this visual preference develops with age beyond 3 months and how infants differentially scan between own-and other-race faces when presented simultaneously. We showed own-versus other-race face pairs to 3-, 6-, and 9-month-old Chinese infants. In contrast with 3-month-olds' visual preference for own-race faces, 9-month-olds preferentially looked more at other-race faces. Analyses of eye-tracking data revealed that Chinese infants processed own-and other-race faces differentially. These findings shed important light on the role of visual experience in the development of visual preference and its relation to perceptual narrowing.