2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
On the development of temporal structure in face perception using eye tracking method
| Project/Area Number |
20700247
|
|---|
| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
|
| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
|---|
| Research Field |
Cognitive science
|
|---|
| Research Institution | Doshisha University |
|---|
Principal Investigator |
KATO Masahara Doshisha University, 心理学部, 准教授 (20408470)
|
|---|
| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2009
|
| Keywords | 発達 / 顔認知 / 視線計測 / 遷移パタン / 倒立顔 / 倒立効果 |
|---|
| Research Abstract |
To understand the cognitive function of infants who do not communicate with us by language, it would be important to know where and how they look at while watching stimuli. Here we investigated the development of face perception of infants aged between 4.5 to 14.5 months by the distribution of looking and the scan pattern. It revealed that the distribution and the scan pattern changed from whole face to some distinctive features, indicating the expertise in face perception. Our results demonstrate the development of face perception in quantitative manner and support the effectiveness of our new eye-tracking method that could be applied to many infant studies.
|
