Two‐ to three‐month‐old infants prefer moving face patterns to moving top‐heavy patterns
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19277217 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hiroko Ichikawa (0000-0002-4387-4539, Chuo University, corresponding author), Aki Tsuruhara (Chuo University), So Kanazawa (Japan Women's University), Masami K Yamaguchi (0000-0001-5521-061X, Chuo University) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 254-263 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japanese Psychological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-5368 • E-ISSN: 1468-5884 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2012.00540.x |
| OpenAlex | W1522141606 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
Newborn infants prefer face‐like patterns over non‐face‐like patterns. This preference is explained by newborns' preference for a “top‐heavy” configuration, that is, for geometric patterns that have more elements in the upper part than in the lower part of the configuration ( S imion, V alenza, M acchi C assia, T urati, & U miltà, 2002). However, for 3‐month‐old infants, face preference cannot be explained only by a preference for “top‐heaviness” because they prefer veridical face images over top‐heavy images. The present study used geometric patterns to investigate whether 2‐ to 3‐month‐old infants' preference for face patterns exceeds their preference for top‐heavy configurations. In Experiment 1, we revealed that the infants preferred the face pattern to the top‐heavy pattern only when the internal elements of the patterns were presented with face‐like movements. This facilitative effect of internal movement was observed again in Experiment 2, in which the patterns were presented with non‐face‐like movements. These results suggest that 2‐ to 3‐month‐olds' preference for geometric face patterns is greater than their preference for top‐heavy patterns only when aided by the movement of internal elements
Aesthetics · Art · Face (sociological concept) · Movement (music) · Preference · Statistics · Communication · Face Recognition and Perception · Mathematics · Psychology · Spatial Cognition and Navigation · Visual perception and processing mechanisms
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |