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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ventura, Paulo
• Guerreiro, José C.
• Domingues, Miguel
• Farinha-Fernandes, António
• Leite, Isabel

Titel

Children process faces holistically with the same efficiency as adults

Ist Teil von

• Acta psychologica, 2021-06, Vol.217, p.103309-103309, Article 103309

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Previous studies had reported qualitatively identical holistic face processing (using the composite task) already in 6-year-olds. In the present study, we evaluated these processes quantitatively by evaluating whether children are less efficient in dealing with and encoding faces. Thus, in the present study we explored the time course of holistic processing in children and adults by manipulating stimulus presentation time. The study composite task was presented for 800 ms. The test composite face was presented either for 183 ms or 800 ms. Our youngest participants, 6-year-olds, process faces holistically with the same efficiency as typical adults. •6-years old show holistic processing of faces•Previous studies did not manipulate the presentation time•6-, 7-, 9- year olds and adults were tested with short and long times in the complete design task•We found support for an equal efficiency of holistic processing in all groups