Emotion and Cognition in Infancy: Facial Expressions During Contingency Learning.

Sullivan, Margaret Wolan; Lewis, Michael

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ERIC Number: EJ401273

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Publication Date: 1989

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Emotion and Cognition in Infancy: Facial Expressions During Contingency Learning.

Sullivan, Margaret Wolan; Lewis, Michael

International Journal of Behavioral Development, v12 n2 p221-37 Jun 1989

Studied facial expressions of 20 infants of 4 and 6 months during contingency or noncontingency learning. Differing emotional expressions and distinctive patterns of expressions characterized contingent but not control subjects. Results indicated that emotion and contingency learning were closely linked in young infants. (RJC)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Facial Expressions, Infants, Stimulation

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Language: English

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