Face Preference in Infants at Six and Nine Months Old: The Effects of Facial Attractiveness and Observation Experience
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experiment 1
2.1. Methods
2.1.1. Participants
2.1.2. Stimuli
2.1.3. Procedure
2.1.4. Apparatus
2.1.5. Data Analysis
2.2. Results and Discussion
2.2.1. Verification of the Validity of the Movie Stimuli
2.2.2. Preference Looking
3. Experiment 2
3.1. Methods
3.1.1. Participants
3.1.2. Stimuli
3.1.3. Procedure
3.1.4. Apparatus
3.1.5. Data analysis
3.2. Results and Discussion
3.2.1. Verification of the Validity of the Movie Stimuli
3.2.2. Preference Looking
4. General Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Kuraguchi, K.; Taniguchi, K.; Kanari, K.; Itakura, S. Face Preference in Infants at Six and Nine Months Old: The Effects of Facial Attractiveness and Observation Experience. Symmetry 2020, 12, 1082. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12071082
Kuraguchi K, Taniguchi K, Kanari K, Itakura S. Face Preference in Infants at Six and Nine Months Old: The Effects of Facial Attractiveness and Observation Experience. Symmetry. 2020; 12(7):1082. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12071082
Chicago/Turabian StyleKuraguchi, Kana, Kosuke Taniguchi, Kei Kanari, and Shoji Itakura. 2020. "Face Preference in Infants at Six and Nine Months Old: The Effects of Facial Attractiveness and Observation Experience" Symmetry 12, no. 7: 1082. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12071082
APA StyleKuraguchi, K., Taniguchi, K., Kanari, K., & Itakura, S. (2020). Face Preference in Infants at Six and Nine Months Old: The Effects of Facial Attractiveness and Observation Experience. Symmetry, 12(7), 1082. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12071082