Congruency as a Nonspecific Perceptual Property Contributing to Newborns' Face Preference

Autor/inn/en	Cassia, Viola Macchi; Valenza, Eloisa; Simion, Francesca; Leo, Irene
Titel	Congruency as a Nonspecific Perceptual Property Contributing to Newborns' Face Preference
Quelle	In: Child Development, 79 (2008) 4, S.807-820 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01160.x
Schlagwörter	Stimuli; Neonates; Infant Behavior; Visual Stimuli; Visual Perception + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Anreizsystem; Neugeborenes Kind; Visuelle Wahrnehmung
Abstract	Past research has shown that top-heaviness is a perceptual property that plays a crucial role in triggering newborns' preference toward faces. The present study examined the contribution of a second configural property, "congruency," to newborns' face preference. Experiments 1 and 2 demonstrated that when embedded in nonfacelike stimuli, congruency induces a preference of the same strength as that induced by facedness. Experiments 3 and 4 demonstrated that the attentional biases toward facedness "and" congruency produce a cumulative effect on newborns' visual preferences according to an additive model. These findings were extended by those of Experiment 5, showing that the additive model holds true when congruency is added to top-heaviness in nonfacelike stimuli displaying more elements in the upper portion. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10