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Developmental changes in the scanning of faces by young infants.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1269319     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
6 1-month-old infants and 6 2-month-old infants each viewed 3 faces (his mother's, a strange woman's, and a strange man's) while his eye movements were recorded by corneal photography. The 1-month-olds fixated away from the faces most of the time, and they looked at their mothers even less often than at the strangers. When they did fixate a face, they usually chose a limited portion of the perimeter. By constrast, 2-month-olds fixated the faces most of the time, looked at more features, and were more likely to look at internal features, especially the eyes. This scanning resembles that reported previously for 2-dimensional shapes, although in some respects it appears unique to faces.
Authors:
D Maurer; P Salapatek
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Child development     Volume:  47     ISSN:  0009-3920     ISO Abbreviation:  Child Dev     Publication Date:  1976 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1976-08-02     Completed Date:  1976-08-02     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372725     Medline TA:  Child Dev     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  523-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Age Factors
Child Development*
Depth Perception
Eye Movements*
Face*
Facial Expression
Female
Fixation, Ocular
Form Perception*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Pattern Recognition, Visual

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