Multisensory Representation of Gender in Infants

An Eye-Tracking Study

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5084813
AutoresDavid Méary (0000-0003-1656-3644, Université Grenoble Alpes), Carole Jaggie (Université Grenoble Alpes), Olivier Pascalis (0000-0003-4609-3233, Université Grenoble Alpes, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen68
NúmeroS1
Páginas14-30
Fecha de publicación2018-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLanguage Learning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/lang.12287
OpenAlexW2793799189
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas22

Visual and auditory information jointly contribute to face categorization processes in humans, and gender is a socially relevant multisensory category specified by faces and voices that is detected early in infancy. We used an eye tracker to study how gender coherence in audio and visual modalities influence face scanning in 9- to 12-month-old infants and in adults. While viewing dynamic faces, infants attended to a speaker's mouth region to a greater extent than adults, regardless of speech, which was mostly due to an increase in mean fixation durations. However, the time course of attending to eye and mouth regions showed similarities in adults and infants. Face-voice congruence for gender appeared to have little effect on measures of face scanning. Overall, results suggested that 9- to 12-month-old infants give more weight to the processing of a speaker's mouth compared to adults but that infants already have an adult-like face-scanning strategy

Audiology · Categorization · Developmental psychology · Eye movement · Eye tracking · Face (sociological concept) · Fixation (population genetics) · Linguistics · Modalities · Population · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Face Recognition and Perception · Medicine · Multisensory perception and integration · Psychology