TY - GEN
T1 - Infants' preference for infants and adults
AU - Sanefuji, Wakako
AU - Ohgami, Hidehiro
AU - Hashiya, Kazuhide
PY - 2005/12/1
Y1 - 2005/12/1
N2 - In natural settings, human infants tend to prefer infants to older children. Some laboratory-based studies reported that infants also show preference for adults, as much as for the age-mates. We showed that infants looked at infants longer than at children and that they showed banging behaviors more frequently while looking at infants and at adults than while looking at children. Our study suggested different cognitive basis for the infants' preference for infants and for adults: infants' preference for infants might be explained as a combination of the preference for babyish characteristics (same as adults) and the perceptual preference for similar others. On the other hand, the preference for adults might reflect the infants' daily learning through experience. Infants might prefer adults as familiar others.
AB - In natural settings, human infants tend to prefer infants to older children. Some laboratory-based studies reported that infants also show preference for adults, as much as for the age-mates. We showed that infants looked at infants longer than at children and that they showed banging behaviors more frequently while looking at infants and at adults than while looking at children. Our study suggested different cognitive basis for the infants' preference for infants and for adults: infants' preference for infants might be explained as a combination of the preference for babyish characteristics (same as adults) and the perceptual preference for similar others. On the other hand, the preference for adults might reflect the infants' daily learning through experience. Infants might prefer adults as familiar others.
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U2 - 10.1109/DEVLRN.2005.1490950
DO - 10.1109/DEVLRN.2005.1490950
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33745441011
SN - 0780392256
SN - 9780780392250
T3 - Proceedings of 2005 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning
SP - 93
EP - 95
BT - Proceedings of 2005 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning
T2 - 2005 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning
Y2 - 19 July 2005 through 21 July 2005
ER -