Caucasian Infants’ Attentional Orienting to Own- and Other-Race Faces

Caucasian Infants’ Attentional Orienting to Own- and Other-Race Faces

Infants show preferential attention toward faces and detect faces embedded within complex naturalistic scenes. Newborn infants are insensitive to race, but rapidly develop differential processing of own- and other-race faces. In the present study, we investigated the development of attentional orien...

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Main Authors: Jonathan E. Prunty, Kelsey C. Jackson, Jolie. R. Keemink, David J. Kelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-01-01
Series:Brain Sciences
Subjects:
eye movements
development
vision
face processing
race
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/1/53
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spelling doaj-2f0b4c65f6d9496789d58ab23b3980472020-11-25T01:42:55ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252020-01-011015310.3390/brainsci10010053brainsci10010053Caucasian Infants’ Attentional Orienting to Own- and Other-Race FacesJonathan E. Prunty0Kelsey C. Jackson1Jolie. R. Keemink2David J. Kelly3School of Psychology, Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NP, UKSeattle Children’s Innovative Technologies Lab, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA 98105, USASchool of Psychology, Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NP, UKSchool of Psychology, Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NP, UKInfants show preferential attention toward faces and detect faces embedded within complex naturalistic scenes. Newborn infants are insensitive to race, but rapidly develop differential processing of own- and other-race faces. In the present study, we investigated the development of attentional orienting toward own- and other-race faces embedded within naturalistic scenes. Infants aged six-, nine- and twelve-months did not show differences in the speed of orienting to own- and other race faces, but other-race faces held infants’ visual attention for longer. We also found a clear developmental progression in attentional capture and holding, with older infants orienting to faces faster and fixating them for longer. Results are interpreted within the context of the two-process model of face processing.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/1/53eye movementsdevelopmentvisionface processingrace
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author Jonathan E. Prunty
Kelsey C. Jackson
Jolie. R. Keemink
David J. Kelly
spellingShingle Jonathan E. Prunty
Kelsey C. Jackson
Jolie. R. Keemink
David J. Kelly
Caucasian Infants’ Attentional Orienting to Own- and Other-Race Faces
Brain Sciences
eye movements
development
vision
face processing
race
author_facet Jonathan E. Prunty
Kelsey C. Jackson
Jolie. R. Keemink
David J. Kelly
author_sort Jonathan E. Prunty
title Caucasian Infants’ Attentional Orienting to Own- and Other-Race Faces
title_short Caucasian Infants’ Attentional Orienting to Own- and Other-Race Faces
title_full Caucasian Infants’ Attentional Orienting to Own- and Other-Race Faces
title_fullStr Caucasian Infants’ Attentional Orienting to Own- and Other-Race Faces
title_full_unstemmed Caucasian Infants’ Attentional Orienting to Own- and Other-Race Faces
title_sort caucasian infants’ attentional orienting to own- and other-race faces
publisher MDPI AG
series Brain Sciences
issn 2076-3425
publishDate 2020-01-01
description Infants show preferential attention toward faces and detect faces embedded within complex naturalistic scenes. Newborn infants are insensitive to race, but rapidly develop differential processing of own- and other-race faces. In the present study, we investigated the development of attentional orienting toward own- and other-race faces embedded within naturalistic scenes. Infants aged six-, nine- and twelve-months did not show differences in the speed of orienting to own- and other race faces, but other-race faces held infants’ visual attention for longer. We also found a clear developmental progression in attentional capture and holding, with older infants orienting to faces faster and fixating them for longer. Results are interpreted within the context of the two-process model of face processing.
topic eye movements
development
vision
face processing
race
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/1/53
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