The ability to detect and prefer a face when embedded in complex visual displays was investigated in 3- and 6-month-old infants, as well as in adults, through a modified version of the visual search paradigm and the recording of eye movements. Participants (N= 43) were shown 32 visual displays that comprised a target face among 3 or 5 heterogeneous objects as distractors. Results demonstrated that faces captured and maintained adults' and 6-month-olds' attention, but not 3-month-olds' attention. Overall, the current study contributes to knowledge of the capacity of social stimuli to attract and maintain visual attention over other complex objects in young infants as well as in adults. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.
Di Giorgio, E., Turati, C., Altoé, G., Simion, F. (2012). Face detection in complex visual displays: An eye tracking study with 3- and 6-month-old infants and adults. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY, 113, 66-77 [10.1016/j.jecp.2012.04.012].
Face detection in complex visual displays: An eye tracking study with 3- and 6-month-old infants and adults
TURATI, CHIARA;
2012
Abstract
The ability to detect and prefer a face when embedded in complex visual displays was investigated in 3- and 6-month-old infants, as well as in adults, through a modified version of the visual search paradigm and the recording of eye movements. Participants (N= 43) were shown 32 visual displays that comprised a target face among 3 or 5 heterogeneous objects as distractors. Results demonstrated that faces captured and maintained adults' and 6-month-olds' attention, but not 3-month-olds' attention. Overall, the current study contributes to knowledge of the capacity of social stimuli to attract and maintain visual attention over other complex objects in young infants as well as in adults. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.
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