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Peer reviewedNelson, Charles A.; Dolgin, Kim G. – Child Development, 1985
Examined seven-month-old infants' perceptions of happy and fearful facial expressions. Infants could generalize discrimination of expressions across male and female faces if first familiarized with happy faces. Infants tended to look longer at fear faces than at happy faces. Preferential responding was not specific to any individual face.…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Facial Expressions, Fear, Generalization
Peer reviewedNelson, Charles A.; And Others – Child Development, 1979
Three experiments investigated seven-month-old infants' ability to discriminate the facial expressions of happiness and fear. (CM)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Emotional Response, Fear, Generalization
Peer reviewedBrooks, Jeanne; Lewis, Michael – Child Development, 1976
Facial configuration and height were systematically varied as four different strangers--a male and female child, a female adult and a small female adult (midget)--each approached 40 different infants. The infants responded as if there were 3 classes of persons, suggesting that both size and facial configuration cues were used. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Body Height, Discrimination Learning, Fear, Females
