Journal
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 95, Issue 4, Pages 298-308Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2006.08.001
Keywords
eye gaze processing; face processing; newborns; preferential looking technique; social-cognitive development
Funding
- Medical Research Council [G9715587] Funding Source: Medline
- Wellcome Trust [073985, 073985/Z/03/Z] Funding Source: Medline
- MRC [G9715587] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G9715587] Funding Source: researchfish
Ask authors/readers for more resources
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.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available