Development of attention to faces during the first 3 years: Influences of stimulus type

Klaus Libertus; Rebecca J. Landa; Joshua L. Haworth

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01976

Development of attention to faces during the first 3 years: Influences of stimulus type

Klaus Libertus, Rebecca J. Landa, Joshua L. Haworth

Kennedy Krieger Institute

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Abstract

The development of attention toward faces was explored during the first 3 years of life in 54 children aged between 3 and 36 months. In contrast to previous research, attention to faces was assessed using both static images and a dynamic video sequence in the same participants. Separate analyses at each age and exploratory longitudinal analyses indicate a preference for faces during the first year, followed by a decline during the second year. These results suggest that attention to faces does not follow a linear increasing pattern over development, and that social attention patterns are influenced by stimulus characteristics.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	1976
Journal	Frontiers in Psychology
Volume	8
Issue number	NOV
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01976
State	Published - Nov 17 2017

Keywords

Attention
Eye tracking
Face preference

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General Psychology

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