Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Holistic processing in mother's face perception for infants.

Emi Nakato1, So Kanazawa2, Masami K Yamaguchi1

  • 1Department of Psychology, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan.

Infant Behavior & Development
|February 19, 2018
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Spatial representation of serial order in working memory: a cross-cultural comparison between Japanese and Italian adults.

Psychological research·2026
Same author

Variations in face experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic affect infants' preference for their mother's face.

PloS one·2026
Same author

Do children see faces or a vase in Rubin's vase?

Journal of experimental child psychology·2026
Same author

Covert attention modulates visual perception in early infancy.

Brain research·2026
Same author

Body weight and attentional capture in children.

Experimental brain research·2025
Same author

Infant's motion adaptation with animal motion.

Infant behavior & development·2025

Older infants (7-8 months) process familiar faces holistically, unlike younger infants (5-6 months). This study used composite faces to reveal developmental changes in infant face perception.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Infant Perception

Background:

  • Face processing is crucial for social development.
  • Understanding how infants perceive faces informs theories of cognitive development.
  • Holistic face processing, or perceiving faces as a whole, is a key aspect of adult face recognition.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the developmental trajectory of holistic face processing in infants.
  • To determine the age at which infants begin to process familiar faces holistically.
  • To utilize the composite-face paradigm to assess infant face perception abilities.

Main Methods:

  • Creation of composite faces using mothers' facial images.
  • Presentation of composite faces to infants aged 5-8 months.
Keywords:
Composite-face experimentHolistc face processingMother’s face

Related Experiment Videos

  • Behavioral observation to measure the composite-face effect.

    • Main Results:

    • The composite-face effect was observed in infants aged 7-8 months.
    • Infants aged 5-6 months did not show the composite-face effect.
    • This indicates a developmental shift in holistic face processing around 7 months of age.

    Conclusions:

    • Infants around 7-8 months old demonstrate holistic face processing abilities for familiar faces.
    • Holistic face processing develops in infancy, suggesting maturation of neural mechanisms for face perception.
    • The findings contribute to understanding the emergence of complex cognitive functions in early development.