A self-stimulation choice technique was used to assess visual preferences in 4-mo.-old infants for slides of stimuli depicting smiling vs neutral facial expressions. Preferential self-selection of stimuli did not occur even in the presence of preferential looking responses by infants.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
FantzR. L.Pattern discrimination and selective attention as determinants of perceptual development from birth. In KiddA. H.RivoireJ. L. (Eds.), Perceptual development in children. New York: International Universities Press, 1966. Pp. 143–173.
2.
HumphreyN. K.Interest and pleasure: Two determinants of a monkey's visual preferences. Perception, 1972, 1, 395–416.
3.
LabarberaJ. D.IzardC. E.VietzeP.ParisiS. A.Four- and six-month-old infants' visual responses to joy, anger, and neutral expressions. Child Development, 1976, 47, 535–538.
