Rapid identification of the face in infants

Tsurumi, Shuma; Kanazawa, Susumu; Yamaguchi, Masami K.; Kawahara, Jun‐ichiro

doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2019.05.005

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“…Differently, despite sensitivity to featural and first-order changes being present as early as 3 months, sensitivity to variations in spatial distance among features could only be observed in 5-month-olds (Bhatt et al, 2005). During the second half of the first year of life, infants scan upright faces more efficiently (Kato and Konishi, 2013;Simpson et al, 2014) and, like adults, at 7-8 months they are faster in identifying upright than inverted faces (Tsurumi et al, 2019). While scanning patterns of the different face regions (high, middle, and low) are comparable for upright and inverted faces before 8 months, infants gradually start to scan upright faces more broadly and do so significantly more than inverted faces by 1 year of life (Oakes and Ellis, 2013).…”

Section: Featural and Configural Face Processingmentioning

confidence: 78%

Face Processing in Early Development: A Systematic Review of Behavioral Studies and Considerations in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic

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Human faces are one of the most prominent stimuli in the visual environment of young infants and convey critical information for the development of social cognition. During the COVID-19 pandemic, mask wearing has become a common practice outside the home environment. With masks covering nose and mouth regions, the facial cues available to the infant are impoverished. The impact of these changes on development is unknown but is critical to debates around mask mandates in early childhood settings. As infants grow, they increasingly interact with a broader range of familiar and unfamiliar people outside the home; in these settings, mask wearing could possibly influence social development. In order to generate hypotheses about the effects of mask wearing on infant social development, in the present work, we systematically review N = 129 studies selected based on the most recent PRISMA guidelines providing a state-of-the-art framework of behavioral studies investigating face processing in early infancy. We focused on identifying sensitive periods during which being exposed to specific facial features or to the entire face configuration has been found to be important for the development of perceptive and socio-communicative skills. For perceptive skills, infants gradually learn to analyze the eyes or the gaze direction within the context of the entire face configuration. This contributes to identity recognition as well as emotional expression discrimination. For socio-communicative skills, direct gaze and emotional facial expressions are crucial for attention engagement while eye-gaze cuing is important for joint attention. Moreover, attention to the mouth is particularly relevant for speech learning. We discuss possible implications of the exposure to masked faces for developmental needs and functions. Providing groundwork for further research, we encourage the investigation of the consequences of mask wearing for infants’ perceptive and socio-communicative development, suggesting new directions within the research field.

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Section: Featural and Configural Face Processingmentioning

confidence: 78%

Face Processing in Early Development: A Systematic Review of Behavioral Studies and Considerations in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic

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“… Tsurumi et al (2019) conducted several experiments and reported that 7 to 8-month-old infants were capable of correctly identifying a face. However, the identification of emotion in a face is a more complex process.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This explains why fear was reported with a less accurate response in both, ADHD children and adolescents in the studies included in this review. Tsurumi et al (2019) conducted several experiments and reported that 7 to 8-month-old infants were capable of correctly identifying a face. However, the identification of emotion in a face is a more complex process.…”

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confidence: 99%

Establishing the Relationship Between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Emotional Facial Expression Recognition Deficit: A Systematic Review

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Objective: In this review, we examined if there is a deficit in facial recognition of emotion (FER) in children, adolescents, and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Background: Emotional regulation is impaired in ADHD. Although a facial emotion recognition deficit has been described in this condition, the underlying causal mechanisms remain unclear. Methods: The search was performed in six databases in September 2022. Studies assessing children, adolescents, or adults with isolated or comorbid ADHD that evaluated participants using a FER task were included. Results: Twelve studies out of 385 were selected, with participants ranging in age from 6 to 37.1 years. A deficit in FER specific to ADHD, or secondary to comorbid autism spectrum disorder, anxiety, and oppositional symptoms, was found. Conclusions: There is a FER deficit in patients with ADHD. Adults showed improved recognition accuracy, reflecting partial compensation. ADHD symptoms and comorbidities appear to influence FER deficits.

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