TY - GEN
T1 - Memory for faces in infants
T2 - 2005 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning
AU - Morimoto, Reiko
AU - Hashiya, Kazuhide
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Memory for faces and objects was investigated in 8- to 10-month infants. As the experience for memorizing the target face or object, face-to-face interactions between infant and experimenter in almost natural settings were conducted. To assess memory retention, two-alternative preferential looking tests were done after both a 3-minute delay and a 1-week delay from the familiarization phase. In the 3-minute delay condition, the infants looked more at the novel (not-the-experimenter) face that had not been experienced before, than the familiar (the experimenter) one. This shows that the infants memorize faces from limited experience at least for 3 minutes. On the other hand, the infants showed no such results in the object condition. These results might suggest specific processing for faces that cannot be applied for object stimuli. More detailed examinations should be done to examine this possibility.
AB - Memory for faces and objects was investigated in 8- to 10-month infants. As the experience for memorizing the target face or object, face-to-face interactions between infant and experimenter in almost natural settings were conducted. To assess memory retention, two-alternative preferential looking tests were done after both a 3-minute delay and a 1-week delay from the familiarization phase. In the 3-minute delay condition, the infants looked more at the novel (not-the-experimenter) face that had not been experienced before, than the familiar (the experimenter) one. This shows that the infants memorize faces from limited experience at least for 3 minutes. On the other hand, the infants showed no such results in the object condition. These results might suggest specific processing for faces that cannot be applied for object stimuli. More detailed examinations should be done to examine this possibility.
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U2 - 10.1109/DEVLRN.2005.1490977
DO - 10.1109/DEVLRN.2005.1490977
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33745465842
SN - 0780392256
SN - 9780780392250
T3 - Proceedings of 2005 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning
SP - 182
EP - 186
BT - Proceedings of 2005 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning
Y2 - 19 July 2005 through 21 July 2005
ER -