Brief daily exposures to Asian females reverses perceptual narrowing for Asian faces in Caucasian infants

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 484-495

  Anzures, Gizelle ^a   Wheeler, Andrea ^b   Quinn, Paul C ^c   Pascalis, Olivier ^d   Slater, Alan M ^e   Heron Delaney, Michelle ^f   Tanaka, James W ^g   Lee, Kang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE MENDÈS FRANCE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Face expertise; Face recognition; Infancy; Other race faces; Perceptual narrowing; Visual experience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; FACE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84862228319     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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