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Impact of Language Familiarity on Abstract Pattern Recognition in 9- to 12-Month-Old Infants
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Althéa Fratacci; Olivier Clerc; Mathilde Fort; Olivier Pascalis – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2024
Previous studies found an impact of language familiarity on face recognition in 9- and 12-month-olds. Own race faces are better recognized when associated with native language, whereas for other race faces, it is with non-native language. The aim of this study is to investigate if language familiarity can also influence abstract pattern…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Infants, Pattern Recognition, Cognitive Processes
The Role of Early Visual Attention in Social Development
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Wagner, Jennifer B.; Luyster, Rhiannon J.; Yim, Jung Yeon; Tager-Flusberg, Helen; Nelson, Charles A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2013
Faces convey important information about the social environment, and even very young infants are preferentially attentive to face-like over non-face stimuli. Eye-tracking studies have allowed researchers to examine which features of faces infants find most salient across development, and the present study examined scanning of familiar (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Human Body, Nonverbal Communication, Infants, Cognitive Processes
Do Young Infants Prefer an Infant-Directed Face or a Happy Face?
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Kim, Hojin I.; Johnson, Scott P. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2013
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…
Descriptors: Infants, Infant Behavior, Nonverbal Communication, Psychological Patterns
Sex Differences in Facial Scanning: Similarities and Dissimilarities between Infants and Adults
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Rennels, Jennifer L.; Cummings, Andrew J. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2013
When face processing studies find sex differences, male infants appear better at face recognition than female infants, whereas female adults appear better at face recognition than male adults. Both female infants and adults, however, discriminate emotional expressions better than males. To investigate if sex and age differences in facial scanning…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Human Body, Infants, Cognitive Processes
Face-Scanning Behavior to Silently-Talking Faces in 12-Month-Old Infants: The Impact of Pre-Exposed Auditory Speech
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Kubicek, Claudia; de Boisferon, Anne Hillairet; Dupierrix, Eve; Loevenbruck, Helene; Gervain, Judit; Schwarzer, Gudrun – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2013
The present eye-tracking study aimed to investigate the impact of auditory speech information on 12-month-olds' gaze behavior to silently-talking faces. We examined German infants' face-scanning behavior to side-by-side presentation of a bilingual speaker's face silently speaking German utterances on one side and French on the other side, before…
Descriptors: Infants, Infant Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Linguistic Input
Maternal Education and Cognitive Processing at Three Months As Shown by the Infants' Vocal Response to Mother vs. Stranger.
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Roe, Kiki V.; Bronstein, Robin – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1988
Comparison of 14 infants of highly educated mothers with 21 infants of less educated mothers indicated that infants' differential vocal responsiveness (DVR) to mother versus stranger was significantly higher among 3-month-olds with highly educated mothers, thereby suggesting that DVR is influenced by environmental factors. (RH)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, College Graduates, Educational Attainment