An inner face advantage in children's recognition of familiar peers

作者：Ge Liezhong; Anzures Gizelle; Wang Zhe; Kelly David J; Pascalis Olivier; Quinn Paul C; Slater Alan M; Yang Zhiliang; Lee Kang

来源：Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2008, 101(2): 124-136.

DOI：10.1016/j.jecp.2008.05.006

• Development of face processing

Children's recognition of familiar own-age peers was investigated. Chinese children (4, 8-, and 14-year-olds) were asked to identify their classmates from photographs showing the entire face, the internal facial features only, the external facial features only, or the eyes, nose, or mouth only. Participants from all age groups were familiar with the faces used as stimuli for I academic year. The results showed that children from all age groups demonstrated an advantage for recognition of the internal facial features relative to their recognition of the external facial features. Thus, previous observations of a shift in reliance from external to internal facial features can be attributed to experience with faces rather than to age-related changes in face processing.

• 出版日期2008-10
• 单位浙江理工大学; 华东师范大学