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Face Processing at Birth: A Thatcher Illusion Study
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Leo, Irene; Simion, Francesca – Developmental Science, 2009
The present study was aimed at exploring newborns' ability to recognize configural changes within real face images by testing newborns' sensitivity to the Thatcher illusion. Using the habituation procedure, newborns' ability to discriminate between an unaltered face image and the same face with the eyes and the mouth 180 degrees rotated (i.e.…
Descriptors: Visual Stimuli, Neonates, Spatial Ability, Habituation