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ERIC Number: EJ685666
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jan
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
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Face Processing in Infancy: Developmental Changes in the Use of Different Kinds of Relational Information
Bhatt, Ramesh S.; Bertin, Evelin; Hayden, Angela; Reed, Andrea
Child Development, v76 n1 p169-181 Jan 2005
Adults use both first-order, or categorical, relations among features (e.g., the nose is above the mouth), and second-order, or fine spatial relations (e.g., the space between eyes), to process faces. Adults' expertise in face processing is thought to be based on the use of second-order relations. In the current study, 5-month-olds detected second-order changes, but 3-month-olds failed to detect second-order changes induced by 2 different manipulations. Three-month-olds did detect first-order changes, however. Also, inversion affected 5-month-olds' processing of second-order but not first-order information. These results suggest that, although sensitivity to first-order relations is available by 3 months or earlier, sensitivity to second-order information may not develop until sometime between 3 and 5 months of age.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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