Social categorization is a universal mechanism for making sense of a vast social world with
roots in perceptual, conceptual, and social systems. These systems emerge strikingly early …

Highlights•Literature suggests the existence of a sensitive period for face processing until 10–
12 years of age.•However, there is no clear evidence of a critical period for face …

Perceptual narrowing occurs in human infants for other-race faces. A paired-comparison
task measuring infant looking time was used to investigate the hypothesis that adding …

Over their first year of life, infants express visual preferences for own-versus other-race
faces. This developmental transition has primarily been investigated in monoracial societies …

During the first year of life, infants undergo a process known as perceptual narrowing, which
reduces their sensitivity to classes of stimuli which the infants do not encounter in their …

To effectively contain the spread of COVID-19, public health agencies mandated special
regulations. Although they protected us from COVID-19, these restrictions have inevitably …

This conceptual analysis focuses on opportunities to advance research and current
hypotheses of perceptual development by examining what is presently known and unknown …

Previous studies have revealed perceptual narrowing for the own-race-face in face
discrimination, but this phenomenon is poorly understood in face and voice integration. We …

How experience affects the flexibility of facial identity recognition in adulthood is not fully
understood. Primatologists are an interesting type of participants investigating facial identity …

During their first year, infants attune to the faces and language (s) that are frequent in their
environment. The present study investigates the impact of language familiarity on how …