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Sensitivity to spacing information increases more for the eye region than for the mouth region during childhood

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de Heering, Adélaïde [UCL] Schiltz, Christine [UCL]

Sensitivity to spacing information within faces improves with age and reaches maturity only at adolescence. In this study, we tested 6–16- year-old children’s sensitivity to vertical spacing when the eyes or the mouth is the facial feature selectively manipulated. Despite the sim- ilar discriminability of these manipulations when they are embedded in inverted faces (Experiment 1), children’s sensitivity to spacing infor- mation manipulated in upright faces improved with age only when the eye region was concerned (Experiment 2). Moreover, children’s ability to process the eye region did not correlate with their selective visual attention, marking the automation of the mechanism (Experi- ment 2). In line with recent findings, we suggest here that children rely on a holistic/configural face processing mechanism to process the eye region, composed of multiple features to integrate, which steadily improves with age.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article)
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2013
Language Anglais
Journal information "International Journal of Behavioral Development" - Vol. 37, no. 2, p. 166-171 (2013)
Peer reviewed yes
issn 0165-0254
e-issn 1464-0651
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute
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Bibliographic reference de Heering, Adélaïde ; Schiltz, Christine. Sensitivity to spacing information increases more for the eye region than for the mouth region during childhood. In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, Vol. 37, no. 2, p. 166-171 (2013)
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