Recognizing facial expressions of emotion in infancy: A replication and extension.
Dev Psychobiol
; 59(4): 507-514, 2017 05.
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ABSTRACT
Infants may recognize facial expressions of emotion more readily when familiar faces express the emotions. Studies 1 and 2 investigated whether familiarity influences two metrics of emotion processing Categorization and spontaneous preference. In Study 1 (n = 32), we replicated previous findings showing an asymmetrical pattern of categorization of happy and fearful faces in 6.5-month-old infants, and extended these findings by demonstrating that infants' categorization did not differ when emotions were expressed by familiar (i.e., caregiver) faces. In Study 2 (n = 34), we replicated the spontaneous preference for fearful over happy expressions in 6.5-month-old infants, and extended these findings by demonstrating that the spontaneous preference for fear was also present for familiar faces. Thus, infants' performance on two metrics of emotion processing did not differ depending on face familiarity.
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Assunto principal:
Desenvolvimento Infantil
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Formação de Conceito
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Reconhecimento Psicológico
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Emoções
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Expressão Facial
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Reconhecimento Facial
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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En
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Dev Psychobiol
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article