Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy.
J Exp Child Psychol. 2012 Sep;113(1):66-77. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.04.012. Epub 2012 Jun 12.
The ability to detect and prefer a face when embedded in complex visual displays was investigated in 3- and 6-month-old infants, as well as in adults, through a modified version of the visual search paradigm and the recording of eye movements. Participants (N=43) were shown 32 visual displays that comprised a target face among 3 or 5 heterogeneous objects as distractors. Results demonstrated that faces captured and maintained adults' and 6-month-olds' attention, but not 3-month-olds' attention. Overall, the current study contributes to knowledge of the capacity of social stimuli to attract and maintain visual attention over other complex objects in young infants as well as in adults.
通过修改后的视觉搜索范式和眼动记录，研究了 3 至 6 个月大的婴儿以及成年人在复杂视觉显示中检测和偏好面部的能力。参与者（N=43）观看了 32 个视觉显示，其中目标面孔与 3 个或 5 个异类物体作为干扰物。结果表明，面孔吸引并保持了成年人和 6 个月大婴儿的注意力，但没有吸引 3 个月大婴儿的注意力。总的来说，本研究有助于了解社会刺激在吸引和保持年轻婴儿以及成年人对其他复杂物体的视觉注意力方面的能力。
