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Visual Following and Pattern Discrimination of Face-like Stimuli by Newborn Infants

Goren, Carolyn C., Sarty, Merrill, Wu, Paul Y. K.·1975·Pediatrics

DOI 10.1542/peds.56.4.544

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Forty newborn infants, median age 9 minutes, turned their eyes and heads to follow a series of moving stimuli. Responsiveness was significantly greater to a proper face pattern than to either of two scrambled versions of the same stimulus or to a blank. The demonstration of such consistent response differences suggests that visual discriminations are being made at this early age. These results imply that organized visual perception ion is an unlearned capacity of the human organism. The preference for the proper face stimulus by infants who had not seen a real face prior to testing suggests that an unlearned or "evolved" responsiveness to faces may be present in human neonates.

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Authors: Goren, C. C., Sarty, M., & Wu, P. Y. K.
Affiliations: University of Southern California (US)
Venue: Pediatrics
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Published: 1975-10-01
Volume: 56
Issue: 4
Pages: 544-549
ISSN: 0031-4005 (ISSN-L)
1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.56.4.544
OpenAlex: W2132752688
Cited by: 1,158
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 13 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 58 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 50 · 2020: 90 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 39 · 2017: 41 · 2016: 42 · 2015: 50 · 2014: 45 · 2013: 38 · 2012: 40
FWCI: 3.90
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: PEDIATRICS (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Keywords: neonates, face preference, pattern discrimination, face recognition (cognition), visual perception
MeSH terms: Face, Female, Form Perception, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Male, Pattern Recognition, Visual

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