AUTHOR=Libertus Klaus , Landa Rebecca J. , Haworth Joshua L. TITLE=Development of Attention to Faces during the First 3 Years: Influences of Stimulus Type JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=8 YEAR=2017 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01976 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01976 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=

The development of attention toward faces was explored during the first 3 years of life in 54 children aged between 3 and 36 months. In contrast to previous research, attention to faces was assessed using both static images and a dynamic video sequence in the same participants. Separate analyses at each age and exploratory longitudinal analyses indicate a preference for faces during the first year, followed by a decline during the second year. These results suggest that attention to faces does not follow a linear increasing pattern over development, and that social attention patterns are influenced by stimulus characteristics.