Do young infants prefer an infant-directed face or a happy face?

Infants’ visual preference for infant-directed (ID) faces over adult-directed (AD) faces was examined in two experiments that introduced controls for emotion. Infants’ eye movements were recorded as they viewed a series of side-by-side dynamic faces. When emotion was held constant, 6-month-old infan...

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Published inInternational journal of behavioral development Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 125 - 130
Main Authors Kim, Hojin I., Johnson, Scott P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.03.2013
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Cognitive Processes
Emotional Response
Emotions
Eye
Eye movements
Facial expressions
Infant Behavior
Infants
Nonverbal Communication
Perception
Preferences
Psychological Patterns
Social Cognition
Task Analysis
Video Technology
Visual preferences
Visual Stimuli
California
attention
infancy
social cognitions
perception
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Summary:Infants’ visual preference for infant-directed (ID) faces over adult-directed (AD) faces was examined in two experiments that introduced controls for emotion. Infants’ eye movements were recorded as they viewed a series of side-by-side dynamic faces. When emotion was held constant, 6-month-old infants showed no preference for ID faces over AD faces, but a second group of infants looked significantly longer at AD faces conveying happy emotion over sad ID faces conveying sad emotion. Together, these findings suggest that infants’ visual preference for ID faces is mediated, at least in part, by the presence of happy emotion. The relations between happy emotion and ID faces are discussed.
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ISSN:0165-0254
1464-0651
DOI:10.1177/0165025413475972