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Peer reviewedLudemann, Pamela M. – Child Development, 1991
Infants were tested for recognition and discrimination of expressions. Ten-month olds familiar with a mix of happy and surprised expressions demonstrated generalized discrimination of positive affect. Only after seven months does dependence on the presence of expression-specific features for affect recognition and discrimination diminish. (BC)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Facial Expressions, Familiarity, Habituation
