TY - JOUR
T1 - A Smile Enhances 3-Month-Olds' Recognition of an Individual Face
AU - Turati, Chiara
AU - Montirosso, Rosario
AU - Brenna, Viola
AU - Ferrara, Veronica
AU - Borgatti, Renato
PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - Recent studies demonstrated that in adults and children recognition of face identity and facial expression mutually interact (Bate, Haslam, & Hodgson, 2009; Spangler, Schwarzer, Korell, & Maier-Karius, 2010). Here, using a familiarization paradigm, we explored the relation between these processes in early infancy, investigating whether 3-month-old infants' ability to recognize an individual face is affected by the positive (happiness) or neutral emotional expression displayed. Results indicated that infants' face recognition appears enhanced when faces display a happy emotional expression, suggesting the presence of a mutual interaction between face identity and emotion recognition as early as 3months of age.
AB - Recent studies demonstrated that in adults and children recognition of face identity and facial expression mutually interact (Bate, Haslam, & Hodgson, 2009; Spangler, Schwarzer, Korell, & Maier-Karius, 2010). Here, using a familiarization paradigm, we explored the relation between these processes in early infancy, investigating whether 3-month-old infants' ability to recognize an individual face is affected by the positive (happiness) or neutral emotional expression displayed. Results indicated that infants' face recognition appears enhanced when faces display a happy emotional expression, suggesting the presence of a mutual interaction between face identity and emotion recognition as early as 3months of age.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1532-7078.2010.00047.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1532-7078.2010.00047.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79953327311
VL - 16
SP - 306
EP - 317
JO - Infancy
JF - Infancy
SN - 1525-0008
IS - 3
ER -