| Categorical perception of facial expressions by 7-month-old infants. | |
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PMID: 11694087 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Recent research indicates that adults show categorical perception of facial expressions of emotion. It is not known whether this is a basic characteristic of perception that is present from the earliest weeks of life, or whether it is one that emerges more gradually with experience in perceiving and interpreting expressions. We report two experiments designed to investigate whether young infants, like adults, show categorical perception of facial expressions. 7-month-old infants were shown photographic quality continua of interpolated (morphed) facial expressions derived from two prototypes of fear and happiness. In the first experiment, we used a visual-preference technique to identify the infants' category boundary between happiness and fear. In the second experiment, we used a combined familiarisation-visual-preference technique to compare infants' discrimination of pairs of expressions that were equally physically different but that did or did not cross the emotion-category boundary. The results suggest that 7-month-old infants (i) show evidence of categorical perception of facial expressions of emotion, and (ii) show persistent interest in looking at fearful expressions. |
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Authors:
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E Kotsoni; M de Haan; M H Johnson |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Perception Volume: 30 ISSN: 0301-0066 ISO Abbreviation: Perception Publication Date: 2001 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2001-11-05 Completed Date: 2001-12-04 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372307 Medline TA: Perception Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1115-25 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. e.kotsoni@psychology.bbk.ac.uk |
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Child Psychology* Child, Preschool Discrimination (Psychology) Emotions* Facial Expression* Fear Female Happiness Humans Infant Male Pattern Recognition, Visual* Photic Stimulation / methods |
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