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| The Effect of Happy Expression on Infants’ Face Racial Perceptual Narrowing: Eye-tracking Evidence |
| ZHAO Bin1,WANG An-qi1,LIU Shao-ying1, YAN Lin-lin1,LIU Guang-xi2 |
| (1.Zhejiang Sci-tech University, Hangzhou310018, China;2.Xiasha Street Community Health Service Center,Qiantang District, Hangzhou310002, China) |
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Abstract The present study examined how happy facial expressions reinstate infants’ decreased recognition of other-race faces. Using an adapted classical familiarization and visual paired-comparison task with eye-tracking techniques, Experiment 1 demonstrated perceptual narrowing in face recognition from 6 to 9 months of age: whereas 6-month-olds could recognize own-race faces and other-race faces, 9-month-olds only recognized own-race neutral faces, but not other-race neutral faces. Using faces with happy expressions, Experiment 2 showed that 9-month-olds could recognize other-race faces. Eye-tracking results further indicated that happy expressions may influence infants' recognition of other-race faces by altering their scanning patterns. These findings provided direct evidence to support the Perceptual-Social Linkage hypothesis.
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Published: 06 September 2022
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ZHAO Bin,WANG An-qi,LIU Shao-ying, et al. The Effect of Happy Expression on Infants’ Face Racial Perceptual Narrowing: Eye-tracking Evidence[J]. 应用心理学, 2023, 29(4): 334-342.
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http://www.appliedpsy.cn/EN/Y2023/V29/I4/334 |
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