Newborn infants prefer to look at a new face compared to a known face (still-face). This effect does not happen with the mother-face. The newborns could be attracted by the mother-face because, unlike the still-face, it confirms an expectation of communication. Fifty newborns were video-recorded. Sixteen of them were recruited in the final sample: nine were exposed to a communicative face and seven to a still-face. All the 16 newborns were successively exposed to two preference-tasks where a new face was compared with the known face. Only newborns previously exposed to a still-face preferred to look at a new face instead of the known face. The results suggest that the newborns are able to build a dynamic representation of faces. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Newborn preference for a new face vs. a previously seen communicative or motionless face / Marco, Cecchini; Eleonora, Baroni; D. i., Vito Cinzia; Federica, Piccolo; Lai, Carlo. - In: INFANT BEHAVIOR & DEVELOPMENT. - ISSN 0163-6383. - STAMPA. - 34:3(2011), pp. 424-433. [10.1016/j.infbeh.2011.04.002]

Newborn preference for a new face vs. a previously seen communicative or motionless face

LAI, CARLO
2011

Abstract

Newborn infants prefer to look at a new face compared to a known face (still-face). This effect does not happen with the mother-face. The newborns could be attracted by the mother-face because, unlike the still-face, it confirms an expectation of communication. Fifty newborns were video-recorded. Sixteen of them were recruited in the final sample: nine were exposed to a communicative face and seven to a still-face. All the 16 newborns were successively exposed to two preference-tasks where a new face was compared with the known face. Only newborns previously exposed to a still-face preferred to look at a new face instead of the known face. The results suggest that the newborns are able to build a dynamic representation of faces. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
2011
communication; communications; face preference; face recognition; newborns; theory of mind
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Newborn preference for a new face vs. a previously seen communicative or motionless face / Marco, Cecchini; Eleonora, Baroni; D. i., Vito Cinzia; Federica, Piccolo; Lai, Carlo. - In: INFANT BEHAVIOR & DEVELOPMENT. - ISSN 0163-6383. - STAMPA. - 34:3(2011), pp. 424-433. [10.1016/j.infbeh.2011.04.002]
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