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Judgements of facial and vocal signs of emotion in infants with Down syndrome.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17111399     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We address how adults perceive facial and vocal signs of emotions in infants with and without Down syndrome. A set of naturalistic data from infants with trisomy 21 and typically developing infants (joy expression of young infants, 3.8-4.4 months, and anger and neutral expressions of older infants, 6.8-12.8 months) was rated by adult judges categorically or dimensionally. Facial signs alone, vocal signs alone, and both facial and vocal signs were presented for each expression. Raters were university students who did not have regular contact with infants, nor with people with mental retardation. Young infants' joy expressions were correctly recognized more frequently for typically developing infants than for infants with Down syndrome and, specifically, joy vocalizations in infants with Down syndrome were not identified. Facial signs were also more communicative than vocal signs in the case of older infants' anger and neutral expressions. These results are relevant to the way infant emotion is perceived by others, and may be particularly useful in facilitating interaction between adults and infants with Down syndrome.
Authors:
Fernando Carvajal; Jaime Iglesias
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Developmental psychobiology     Volume:  48     ISSN:  0012-1630     ISO Abbreviation:  Dev Psychobiol     Publication Date:  2006 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-11-22     Completed Date:  2007-03-01     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0164074     Medline TA:  Dev Psychobiol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  644-52     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
(c) 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Affiliation:
Departamento de Psicología Biológica y de la Salud, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain. fernando.carvajal@uam.es
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Anger
Case-Control Studies
Child Development
Communication*
Down Syndrome / psychology*
Emotions*
Facial Expression*
Female
Happiness
Humans
Infant
Judgment
Male

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