Faces as forms in the world of the newborn

被引:16
作者
Walton, GE
Armstrong, ES
Bower, TGR
机构
[1] Univ Texas, Sch Human Dev, Richardson, TX 75083 USA
[2] So Methodist Univ, Dallas, TX 75275 USA
关键词
newborns; perception; faces forms;
D O I
10.1016/S0163-6383(97)90042-4
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
A number of recent studies have indicated that newborns can learn to recognize mother's face within a few hours of birth. Two of the present authors suggested that a simple auto-associative net might explain that rapid learning. This paper reports three experiments in which the newborn's ability to recognize a learned face over three transformations was tested. The transformations were: (1) a photonegative transformation, (2) a size change and (3) rotation in the third dimension of visual space. Existing auto-associative nets cannot maintain identification across these transformations. The newborns succeeded with all three. An alternative proposal based on the idea that there is a built-in specification of the true shape of a face in the frontal parallel plane is outlined. These data present a challenge not only to associationist theories but also to their main rival, differentiation theory.
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页码:537 / 543
页数:7
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