强大的面部表征的潜在作用是在家庭中学到的,当在人群中寻找自己的孩子时
Yousuke Kawachi1, Aiko Murata2, Miho S Kitamura3,4
1Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University, 27-1, Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 9808576, Japan. yousuke.kawachi@gmail.com.
Scientific reports
|July 22, 2024
概括
父母可以比其他孩子的脸更快地找到自己的孩子的脸. 这项视觉搜索研究表明,熟悉的面孔,就像家庭成员一样,由于强烈的表征,被更快地处理.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 社会神经科学是一种社会神经科学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
背景情况:
- 家长的照顾受到了孩子迅速识别孩子脸部的能力的影响.
- 以前的研究表明,自己的孩子的脸是特别处理,但更快搜索的实验证据缺乏.
- 与其他突出刺激相比,寻找孩子的脸的时间是未知的,比如自己的脸或配偶的脸.
研究的目的:
- 实验性地调查父母是否能比其他孩子的脸更快地找到自己的孩子的脸.
- 为了比较寻找自己的孩子脸的时间与其他社会突出的面孔,包括自己的和配偶的面孔.
- 了解面部识别在亲密家庭关系中的潜在机制.
主要方法:
- 利用视觉搜索范式,让家长作为参与者.
- 父母搜索了各种各样的面孔,包括他们自己的孩子的面孔,自己的面孔,配偶的面孔,其他孩子的面孔,以及其他成年人的面孔 (同性和异性).
- 测量搜索时间作为目标面部类型和搜索显示面部数量的函数.
主要成果:
- 父母 (无论是母亲还是父亲) 识别自己的孩子的脸比其他孩子的脸快得多.
- 父母也比其他成年人更快地发现了自己的脸和配偶的脸.
- 随着面部数量的增加,寻找家庭成员的面部的搜索时间也随之增加,这表明了串行搜索过程.
结论:
- 在家庭和亲密关系中,强大而熟悉的面部表征可以促进对熟悉面部的更快的视觉搜索.
- 这些发现支持这样一个观点,即专业处理自己孩子的脸部有助于敏感的家长照顾.
- 该研究强调了面部识别对密切相关的个体的效率.
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