The Emergence of a Left Visual Field Bias in Infants’ Processing of Dynamic Faces

The Emergence of a Left Visual Field Bias in Infants’ Processing of Dynamic Faces

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The present study examined whether infants aged 3 to 9 months displayed an adult-like left visual field bias when processing dynamic faces. In Experiment 1 infants aged 6 to 9 months viewed videos of dynamic face stimuli. Eye tracking data revealed that these infants showed a left visual field bias...

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Main Author: Wheeler, Andrea Mary
Other Authors: Lee, Kang
Language:en_ca
Published: 2010
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spelling ndltd-TORONTO-oai-tspace.library.utoronto.ca-1807-256822013-04-19T20:00:38ZThe Emergence of a Left Visual Field Bias in Infants’ Processing of Dynamic FacesWheeler, Andrea Maryeye trackinginfants062006230621The present study examined whether infants aged 3 to 9 months displayed an adult-like left visual field bias when processing dynamic faces. In Experiment 1 infants aged 6 to 9 months viewed videos of dynamic face stimuli. Eye tracking data revealed that these infants showed a left visual field bias by attending significantly more to the right side of the faces. In Experiment 2 a younger group of infants, aged 3 to 6 months, failed to demonstrate a group left visual field bias. Instead, some infants displayed a consistent left visual field bias whereas others displayed a consistent right visual field bias. To our knowledge, these findings provide the first eye-tracking evidence to suggest the existence of a left visual field bias in infancy.Lee, Kang2010-112011-01-01T19:01:32ZNO_RESTRICTION2011-01-01T19:01:32Z2011-01-01T19:01:32ZThesishttp://hdl.handle.net/1807/25682en_ca
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Wheeler, Andrea Mary
The Emergence of a Left Visual Field Bias in Infants’ Processing of Dynamic Faces
description The present study examined whether infants aged 3 to 9 months displayed an adult-like left visual field bias when processing dynamic faces. In Experiment 1 infants aged 6 to 9 months viewed videos of dynamic face stimuli. Eye tracking data revealed that these infants showed a left visual field bias by attending significantly more to the right side of the faces. In Experiment 2 a younger group of infants, aged 3 to 6 months, failed to demonstrate a group left visual field bias. Instead, some infants displayed a consistent left visual field bias whereas others displayed a consistent right visual field bias. To our knowledge, these findings provide the first eye-tracking evidence to suggest the existence of a left visual field bias in infancy.
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title The Emergence of a Left Visual Field Bias in Infants’ Processing of Dynamic Faces
title_short The Emergence of a Left Visual Field Bias in Infants’ Processing of Dynamic Faces
title_full The Emergence of a Left Visual Field Bias in Infants’ Processing of Dynamic Faces
title_fullStr The Emergence of a Left Visual Field Bias in Infants’ Processing of Dynamic Faces
title_full_unstemmed The Emergence of a Left Visual Field Bias in Infants’ Processing of Dynamic Faces
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