Children's Representations of Facial Expression and Identity: Identity-Contingent Expression Aftereffects

Autor/inn/en	Vida, Mark D.; Mondloch, Catherine J.
Titel	Children's Representations of Facial Expression and Identity: Identity-Contingent Expression Aftereffects
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 104 (2009) 3, S.326-345 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0965
DOI	10.1016/j.jecp.2009.06.003
Schlagwörter	Nonverbal Communication; Human Body; Perception; Adults; Children; Age Differences; Comparative Analysis; Child Psychology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Menschlicher Körper; Wahrnehmung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Kinderpsychologie
Abstract	This investigation used adaptation aftereffects to examine developmental changes in the perception of facial expressions. Previous studies have shown that adults' perceptions of ambiguous facial expressions are biased following adaptation to intense expressions. These expression aftereffects are strong when the adapting and probe expressions share the same facial identity but are mitigated when they are posed by different identities. We extended these findings by comparing expression aftereffects and categorical boundaries in adults versus 5- to 9-year-olds (n = 20/group). Children displayed adult-like aftereffects and categorical boundaries for happy/sad by 7 years of age and for fear/anger by 9 years of age. These findings suggest that both children and adults perceive expressions according to malleable dimensions in which representations of facial expression are partially integrated with facial identity. (Contains 5 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10