人类新生儿是否存在先天的脸部检测模块？一项系统回顾、元分析及新生儿对脸部的偏好及其意义的理论探讨。

Reports of newborn face preference are widely cited as evidence for an innate face detector, yet the literature on this topic has not been systematically reviewed. We report a systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental studies comparing newborns' attention to facelike versus nonfacelike stimuli. We reviewed 15 publications reporting 22 experiments, of which five tested face-naive newborns (≤ 1 hr postnatal). Robust preference was observed for one facelike stimulus, but not another. Seventeen experiments tested face-experienced newborns (2-7 days postnatal), mostly reporting mod