de Boisferon, A.H., Uttley, L. orcid.org/0000-0003-4603-9069, Quinn, P.C. et al. (2 more authors) (2014) Female face preference in 4-month-olds: The importance of hairline. Infant Behavior and Development, 37 (4). pp. 676-681. ISSN 0163-6383
Abstract
At 3–4 months of age, infants respond to gender information in human faces. Specifically, young infants display a visual preference toward female over male faces. In three experiments, using a visual preference task, we investigated the role of hairline information in this bias. In Experiment 1, we presented male and female composite faces with similar hairstyles to 4-month-olds and observed a preference for female faces. In Experiment 2, the faces were presented, but in this instance, without hairline cues, and the preference was eliminated. In Experiment 3, using the same cropping to eliminate hairline cues, but with feminized female faces and masculinized male faces, infants’ preference toward female faces was still not in evidence. The findings show that hairline information is important in young infants’ preferential orientation toward female faces
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Infant Behavior and Development . Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Infant; Face; Gender; Visual preference |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 20 Jan 2017 16:22 |
Last Modified: | 21 Mar 2018 06:02 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2014.08.009 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.infbeh.2014.08.009 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:110813 |