Valenza E, Simion F, Cassia V M, Umiltà C
Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione, Università di Padova, Italy.
J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 1996 Aug;22(4):892-903. doi: 10.1037//0096-1523.22.4.892.
Four experiments are reported that were aimed at elucidating some of the controversial issues concerning the preference for facelike patterns in newborns. The experiments were devised to contrast the original and the revised versions of the sensory hypothesis and the structural hypothesis as accounts of face preference in newborns. Experiments 1A and 1B supported the structural hypothesis by showing a visual preference for the stimulus for which components were located in the correct arrangement for a human face. Experiment 2 supported the sensory hypothesis by showing a visual preference for stimuli that were designed to have the optimal spatial frequency components for the newborn visual system. Experiment 3 showed that babies directed attention to a facelike pattern also when it was presented simultaneously with a nonfacelike stimulus with optimal spatial frequency for the newborn visual system.
本文报告了四项实验，旨在阐明一些关于新生儿对面孔样图案偏好的争议性问题。这些实验旨在对比感觉假设和结构假设的原始版本与修订版本，以解释新生儿的面孔偏好。实验1A和1B通过显示对组件以正确的人脸排列方式定位的刺激的视觉偏好，支持了结构假设。实验2通过显示对为新生儿视觉系统设计的具有最佳空间频率组件的刺激的视觉偏好，支持了感觉假设。实验3表明，当面孔样图案与具有新生儿视觉系统最佳空间频率的非面孔样刺激同时呈现时，婴儿也会将注意力指向该图案。
