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Facial identity and facial expression matching in 5–12‐year‐old children and adults
Author(s) -
Karayanidis Frini,
Kelly Megan,
Chapman Prudence,
Mayes Angela,
Johnston Pat
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
infant and child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.87
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1522-7219
pISSN - 1522-7227
DOI - 10.1002/icd.615
Subject(s) - psychology , facial expression , identity (music) , matching (statistics) , face (sociological concept) , expression (computer science) , feature (linguistics) , task (project management) , set (abstract data type) , facial expression recognition , preference , cognitive psychology , communication , developmental psychology , pattern recognition (psychology) , facial recognition system , computer science , linguistics , mathematics , statistics , art , philosophy , management , economics , programming language , aesthetics
Abstract Facial identity and facial expression matching tasks were completed by 5–12‐year‐old children and adults using stimuli extracted from the same set of normalized faces. Configural and feature processing were examined using speed and accuracy of responding and facial feature selection, respectively. Facial identity matching was slower than face expression matching for all age groups. Large age effects were found on both speed and accuracy of responding and feature use in both identity and expression matching tasks. Eye region preference was found on the facial identity task and mouth region preference on the facial expression task. Use of mouth region information for facial expression matching increased with age, whereas use of eye region information for facial identity matching peaked early. The feature use information suggests that the specific use of primary facial features to arrive at identity and emotion matching judgments matures across middle childhood. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.