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Children process faces holistically with the same efficiency as adults.

Paulo Ventura¹, José C Guerreiro¹, Miguel Domingues¹

¹Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.

Acta Psychologica

|May 1, 2021

Summary

Six-year-olds process faces holistically with the same efficiency as adults. This study quantitatively evaluated the time course of holistic face processing in children and adults.

Keywords:

Children Efficiency Faces Holistic processing

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Cognitive psychology
Developmental psychology
Neuroscience

Background:

Previous research indicated qualitatively similar holistic face processing in 6-year-olds using the composite task.
The current study quantitatively assessed the efficiency of face encoding in children.

Purpose of the Study:

To quantitatively explore the time course of holistic face processing in children and adults.
To determine if children are less efficient in dealing with and encoding faces compared to adults.

Main Methods:

Utilized the composite face task to assess holistic processing.
Manipulated stimulus presentation time (800 ms for the study task, 183 ms or 800 ms for the test composite face).
Compared processing efficiency between 6-year-old children and adult participants.

Main Results:

Six-year-old children demonstrated holistic face processing.
The efficiency of holistic face processing in 6-year-olds was comparable to that of adults.
Quantitative analysis confirmed efficient holistic face processing in young children.

Conclusions:

Holistic face processing is as efficient in 6-year-olds as in adults.
Developmental efficiency of holistic face processing is established by age 6.
Children's ability to encode faces holistically is not less efficient than adults'.