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Zieber, Nicole; Kangas, Ashley; Hock, Alyson; Bhatt, Ramesh S. – Child Development, 2014
Adults recognize emotions conveyed by bodies with comparable accuracy to facial emotions. However, no prior study has explored infants' perception of body emotions. In Experiment 1, 6.5-month-olds (n = 32) preferred happy over neutral actions of actors with covered faces in upright but not inverted silent videos. In Experiment 2, infants…
Descriptors: Infants, Emotional Development, Emotional Response, Human Body
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Field, Tiffany M.; Walden, Tedra A. – Child Development, 1982
The production and discrimination of eight basic facial expressions were investigated among 34 preschool children three to five years of age. Children's productions were elicited and videotaped under four different prompting conditions. Children's discrimination of drawings depicting facial expressions, sociometric ratings, and spontaneous…
Descriptors: Adults, Facial Expressions, Nonverbal Communication, Observation
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Kuchuk, April; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Examines whether three-month-old infants can detect variations within the single expression category of smiling and whether individual differences in infants' sensitivities are related to identifiable mother or infant behaviors. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Facial Expressions, Individual Differences, Infants