Slater, A. M., Kelly, David J., Lee, K., Longmore, C. A., McDonald, P. R., Pascalis, O., Quinn, P. C. (2010) The shaping of face space in early infancy: Becoming a native face processor. Child Development, 4 (3). pp. 205-211. ISSN 0009-3920. (doi:10.1111/j.1750-8606.2010.00147.x) (KAR id:70896)
PDF
Author's Accepted Manuscript
Language: English |
|
Download this file (PDF/453kB) |
Preview |
Request a format suitable for use with assistive technology e.g. a screenreader | |
Microsoft Word
Author's Accepted Manuscript
Language: English Restricted to Repository staff only |
|
|
![]() |
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-8606.2010.00147.x |
Abstract
Face perception remains one of the most intensively researched areas in psychology and allied disciplines, and there has been much debate regarding the early origins and experiential determinants of face processing. This article reviews studies, the majority of which have appeared in the past decade, that discuss possible mechanisms underlying face perception at birth and document the prominent role of experience in shaping infants’ face?processing abilities. In the first months of life, infants develop a preference for female and own?race faces and become better able to recognize and categorize own?race and own?species faces. This perceptual narrowing and shaping of the “face space” forms a foundation for later face expertise in childhood and adulthood and testifies to the remarkable plasticity of the developing visual system.
Item Type: | Article |
---|---|
DOI/Identification number: | 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2010.00147.x |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
Depositing User: | David Kelly |
Date Deposited: | 10 Dec 2018 13:17 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 10:25 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/70896 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
- Link to SensusAccess
- Export to:
- RefWorks
- EPrints3 XML
- BibTeX
- CSV
- Depositors only (login required):