Emotion and Cognition in Infancy: Facial Expressions during Contingency Learning
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of Behavioral Development
- Vol. 12 (2) , 221-237
- https://doi.org/10.1177/016502548901200206
Abstract
Facial expressions of 4and 6-month-old infants were coded at several points during contingency learning and contrasted with those of control subjects. Many different emotional expressions were observed and distinctive patterns of expression characterised contingent but not control subjects. Results indicated that emotion and contingency learning are closely linked in young infants and support a model of emotion and cognition as interdependent processes. Facial behaviours during learning may be valuable in conceptualising the relationship between emotional and cognitive processes in infancy.Keywords
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