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Peer reviewedFarroni, Teresa; Mansfield, Eileen M.; Lai, Carlo; Johnson, Mark H. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2003
Three studies investigated whether eye gaze cueing in 4-month-old infants is the result of a domain-specific module or reflects the activity of domain-general processes. In two of three experiments, infants perceived apparent motion of the pupils, and this directly elicited saccades, but only when this motion was preceded by a period of direct…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Infants, Visual Discrimination
Direct linkFarroni, Teresa; Menon, Enrica; Johnson, Mark H. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2006
We investigated newborns' sensitivity to the direction of gaze of another's face by using a preferential looking technique. This study extends earlier work on a preference for faces with direct gaze in newborns. In Experiment 1, we replicate the basic finding of Farroni and colleagues that newborns prefer to look at faces with direct gaze. In…
Descriptors: Neonates, Nonverbal Communication, Visual Perception, Cognitive Development
