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Direct linkCassia, Viola Macchi; Valenza, Eloisa; Simion, Francesca; Leo, Irene – Child Development, 2008
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,…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Neonates, Infant Behavior, Visual Stimuli
