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Evidence for a Global Categorical Representation of Humans by Young Infants
Abstract
The representation of pictorial exemplars of humans by young infants was examined. Experiments 1B and 2 demonstrated an asymmetry with respect to the exclusivity of the categorical representations formed by 3- and 4-month-olds for humans and non-human animal species. The categorical representation for humans included novel humans, horses, cats, and fish, but excluded cars; the categorical representation for horses included novel horses, but excluded humans, fish, and cars. Experiment 2 also showed that the categorical representation for humans included exemplar information, whereas the categorical representation for non-human animal species was based on summary information. The asymmetry in categorization of human versus non-human animal species did not extend to the presumed more basic process of discrimination of individual humans versus non-human animals (Experiment 3). The findings suggest that a broad categorical representation of humans may be a cognitive reference point (or region) for young infants.
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- Authors
- Quinn, P. C., & Eimas, P. D.
- Affiliations
- Washington and Jefferson College (US)
- Brown University (US)
- ORCID
- Quinn, Paul C.
- Venue
- Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1998-06
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 151-174
- ISSN
- 0022-0965 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2061858308
- Cited by
- 103
- References
- 57
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 7.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r01hd028606-03)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD 28606)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Categorization, perception, and language
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Keywords
- categorical representation, infant categorization, cognitive reference points, young infants, species discrimination
- MeSH terms
- Child Development, Cognition, Concept Formation, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Infant Behavior
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