| Discriminating the sex of faces by 6- and 8-mo.-old infants. | |
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PMID: 11065328 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The goal of this study was to ascertain at what age infants could discriminate male and female faces using only the internal features of the face. The habituation-dishabituation technique was used to estimate infants' discrimination between male and female faces. Analysis showed that 8-mo.-old infants discriminated female and male faces, whereas 6-mo.-old infants did not, but showed an asymmetry in discrimination. 6-mo.-old infants who were habituated to the female face fixated consistently longer on the novel male face in test trials, so sex discrimination was complete but not observed after habituation to male faces. Data are discussed in relation to the role of experience in face discrimination. |
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Authors:
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M K Yamaguchi |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Perceptual and motor skills Volume: 91 ISSN: 0031-5125 ISO Abbreviation: Percept Mot Skills Publication Date: 2000 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2000-11-06 Completed Date: 2001-03-22 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0401131 Medline TA: Percept Mot Skills Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 653-64 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychology, School of Literature, Chuo University, Hachioji-city, Tokyo. ymasa@tamacc.chuo-u.ac.jp |
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Discrimination Learning* Face* Female Fixation, Ocular Habituation, Psychophysiologic Humans Infant Male Pattern Recognition, Visual* Sex Factors |
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