The aim of the present paper is to study newborn’s ability to recognise partly occluded faces. Particularly, this study was aimed to test whether recognition of partly occluded faces is more affected by the amount of the occlusion or by the salience of the occluded elements. Two experiments were carried out using the habituation technique. The results demonstrate that recognition of partly occluded faces is present at birth only when some irrelevant information are hidden (Experiment 1), but not when salient information are occluded (Experiment 2).

Il riconoscimento del volto parzialmente occluso alla nascita: quantità  e salienza dell'informazione occlusa.

VALENZA, ELOISA;
2006

Abstract

The aim of the present paper is to study newborn’s ability to recognise partly occluded faces. Particularly, this study was aimed to test whether recognition of partly occluded faces is more affected by the amount of the occlusion or by the salience of the occluded elements. Two experiments were carried out using the habituation technique. The results demonstrate that recognition of partly occluded faces is present at birth only when some irrelevant information are hidden (Experiment 1), but not when salient information are occluded (Experiment 2).
2006
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