TY - JOUR
T1 - Face processing in infancy
T2 - Developmental changes in the use of different kinds of relational information
AU - Bhatt, Ramesh S.
AU - Bertin, Evelin
AU - Hayden, Angela
AU - Reed, Andrea
PY - 2005/1
Y1 - 2005/1
N2 - Adults use both first-order, or categorical, relations among features (e.g., the nose is above the mouth), and second-order, or fine spatial relations (e.g., the space between eyes), to process faces. Adults' expertise in face processing is thought to be based on the use of second-order relations. In the current study, 5-month-olds detected second-order changes, but 3-month-olds failed to detect second-order changes induced by 2 different manipulations. Three-month-olds did detect first-order changes, however. Also, inversion affected 5-month-olds' processing of second-order but not first-order information. These results suggest that, although sensitivity to first-order relations is available by 3 months or earlier, sensitivity to second-order information may not develop until sometime between 3 and 5 months of age.
AB - Adults use both first-order, or categorical, relations among features (e.g., the nose is above the mouth), and second-order, or fine spatial relations (e.g., the space between eyes), to process faces. Adults' expertise in face processing is thought to be based on the use of second-order relations. In the current study, 5-month-olds detected second-order changes, but 3-month-olds failed to detect second-order changes induced by 2 different manipulations. Three-month-olds did detect first-order changes, however. Also, inversion affected 5-month-olds' processing of second-order but not first-order information. These results suggest that, although sensitivity to first-order relations is available by 3 months or earlier, sensitivity to second-order information may not develop until sometime between 3 and 5 months of age.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00837.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00837.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 15693765
AN - SCOPUS:14844331795
SN - 0009-3920
VL - 76
SP - 169
EP - 181
JO - Child Development
JF - Child Development
IS - 1
ER -