Journal article
Exploring children’s face-space: A multidimensional scaling analysis of the mental representation of facial identity
Abstract
We explored differences in the mental representation of facial identity between 8-year-olds and adults. The 8-year-olds and adults made similarity judgments of a homogeneous set of faces (individual hair cues removed) using an "odd-man-out" paradigm. Multidimensional scaling (MDS) analyses were performed to represent perceived similarity of faces in a multidimensional space. Five dimensions accounted optimally for the judgments of both children …
Authors
Nishimura M; Maurer D; Gao X
Journal
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Vol. 103, No. 3, pp. 355–375
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
July 2009
DOI
10.1016/j.jecp.2009.02.005
ISSN
0022-0965