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<p>Previous research has shown that the addition of happy or angry expressions to other-race faces can assist infants in overcoming the perceptual narrowing of face race and reinstating their recognition of other-race faces. In the present study, we examined how different facial expressions (happy, angry, fearful, and neutral) influence the recognition of African faces among Chinese infants aged 8 to 12 months. We employed a visual familiarization task and measured infants’ looking time. The results revealed that infants exhibited above-chance discrimination of African faces in the happy and angry conditions, but not in the neutral or fearful conditions. The findings suggest that not all facial expressions have a uniform effect on infants’ ability to recognize faces of other races.</p>

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Not all emotional expressions facilitate recognition of other-race faces in Chinese infants

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    2025年3月8日

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  • Shaoying Liu,
  • Shuaike Hu,
  • Jiali Chen,
  • Linlin Yan,
  • Guangxi Liu

摘要

Previous research has shown that the addition of happy or angry expressions to other-race faces can assist infants in overcoming the perceptual narrowing of face race and reinstating their recognition of other-race faces. In the present study, we examined how different facial expressions (happy, angry, fearful, and neutral) influence the recognition of African faces among Chinese infants aged 8 to 12 months. We employed a visual familiarization task and measured infants’ looking time. The results revealed that infants exhibited above-chance discrimination of African faces in the happy and angry conditions, but not in the neutral or fearful conditions. The findings suggest that not all facial expressions have a uniform effect on infants’ ability to recognize faces of other races.