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Cultural modulation of face and gaze scanning in young children
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Abstract:
Previous research has demonstrated that the way human adults look at others’ faces is modulated by their cultural background, but very little is known about how such a culture-specific pattern of face gaze develops. The current study investigated the role of cultural background on the development of face scanning in young children between the ages of 1 and 7 years, and its modulation by the eye gaze direction of the face. British and Japanese participants’ eye movements were recorded while they observed faces moving their eyes towards or away from the participants. British children fixated more on the mouth whereas Japanese children fixated more on the eyes, replicating the results with adult participants. No cultural differences were observed in the differential responses to direct and averted gaze. The results suggest that different patterns of face scanning exist between different cultures from the first years of life, but differential scanning of direct and averted gaze associated with different cultural norms develop later in life.
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Psychological Sciences
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URL: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074017 https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/8069/1/8069.pdf https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/8069/
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