Infants' differential processing of female and male faces
Infants' differential processing of female and male faces
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DOI：
10.1111/j.0963-7214.2006.00407.x
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发表时间：
2006-04-01
影响因子：
7.2
通讯作者：
Langlois, Judith H.
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作者：
Ramsey-Rennels, Jennifer L.;Langlois, Judith H.
婴儿在面孔加工中表现出一种有趣的不对称性：他们在处理女性面孔时比在处理男性面孔时更流畅。我们推测，这种处理不对称的结果，更多的经验与女性面孔比男性面孔在发展的早期。不对称的面孔处理可能对面孔识别的发展、关于女性和男性的知识结构的发展以及社会信息处理具有长期的影响。我们鼓励研究人员在他们的面孔知觉研究中同时使用女性和男性面孔，并对女性和男性面孔进行单独的分析。
Infants show an interesting asymmetry in face processing: They are more fluent in processing female faces than they are at processing male faces. We hypothesize that such processing asymmetry results from greater experience with female faces than with male faces early in development. Asymmetrical face processing may have long-lasting implications for development of face recognition, development of knowledge structures regarding females and males, and social-information processing. We encourage researchers to use both female and male faces in their face-perception research and to conduct separate analyses for female and male faces.