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Newborns' Recognition of Changing and Unchanging Aspects of Schematic Faces.
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Turati, Chiara; Simion, Francesca – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2002
Four experiments investigated newborns' ability to discriminate, recognize, and learn visual information embedded in the schematic face-like patterns preferred at birth. Results indicated that newborns discriminated face-like stimuli relying on their internal features and recognized a perceptual invariance between face-like configurations in…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Learning Processes, Neonates, Performance Factors
Newborns' Face Recognition: Role of Inner and Outer Facial Features
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Turati, Chiara; Macchi Cassia, Viola; Simion, Francesca; Leo, Irene – Child Development, 2006
Existing data indicate that newborns are able to recognize individual faces, but little is known about what perceptual cues drive this ability. The current study showed that either the inner or outer features of the face can act as sufficient cues for newborns' face recognition (Experiment 1), but the outer part of the face enjoys an advantage…
Descriptors: Neonates, Cues, Recognition (Psychology), Human Body