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      The other-race effect develops during infancy: evidence of perceptual narrowing.

      Psychological Science
      Continental Population Groups, Discrimination (Psychology), Female, Habituation, Psychophysiologic, Humans, Infant, Male, Perceptual Closure, Social Perception, Visual Perception

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          Experience plays a crucial role in the development of face processing. In the study reported here, we investigated how faces observed within the visual environment affect the development of the face-processing system during the 1st year of life. We assessed 3-, 6-, and 9-month-old Caucasian infants' ability to discriminate faces within their own racial group and within three other-race groups (African, Middle Eastern, and Chinese). The 3-month-old infants demonstrated recognition in all conditions, the 6-month-old infants were able to recognize Caucasian and Chinese faces only, and the 9-month-old infants' recognition was restricted to own-race faces. The pattern of preferences indicates that the other-race effect is emerging by 6 months of age and is present at 9 months of age. The findings suggest that facial input from the infant's visual environment is crucial for shaping the face-processing system early in infancy, resulting in differential recognition accuracy for faces of different races in adulthood.

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          18031416
          2566514
          10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.02029.x

          Chemistry
          Continental Population Groups,Discrimination (Psychology),Female,Habituation, Psychophysiologic,Humans,Infant,Male,Perceptual Closure,Social Perception,Visual Perception

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