Birthweight predicts individual differences in adult face recognition ability

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ID9619481
AutoresSimon Bate (0000-0001-5484-8195, Department of Psychology Bournemouth University Poole UK, autor correspondente), Natalie Mestry (0000-0002-7859-967X, Department of Psychology Bournemouth University Poole UK), Maddie Atkinson (Department of Psychology Bournemouth University Poole UK), Rachel J Bennetts (0000-0002-3543-9836, College of Health and Life Sciences Division of Psychology Brunel University Uxbridge UK), Peter J Hills (0000-0002-0097-9170, Department of Psychology Bournemouth University Poole UK)
Ano2021
Volume112
Fascículo3
Páginas628-644
Data de publicação2021-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBritish Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/bjop.12480
PMID33085082
OpenAlexW3093966282
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas69

It has long been known that premature birth and/or low birthweight can lead to general difficulties in cognitive and emotional functioning throughout childhood. However, the influence of these factors on more specific processes has seldom been addressed, despite their potential to account for wide individual differences in performance that often appear innate. Here, we examined the influence of gestation and birthweight on adults’ face perception and face memory skills. Performance on both sub‐processes was predicted by birthweight and birthweight‐for‐gestation, but not gestation alone. Evidence was also found for the domain‐specificity of these effects: No perinatal measure correlated with performance on object perception or memory tasks, but they were related to the size of the face inversion effect on the perceptual test. This evidence indicates a novel, very early influence on individual differences in face recognition ability, which persists into adulthood, influences face‐processing strategy itself, and may be domain‐specific

Audiology · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Face perception · Gestation · Memory test · Perception · Pregnancy · Child and Animal Learning Development · Face recognition and analysis · Face Recognition and Perception · Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology