TABLE 1.

Results of the Novelty-Preference Test, by Age Group and Face Ethnicity

Age and face ethnicity	Mean time looking at the novel face (%)	t(15)	p	prep
Note. Standard deviations are given in parentheses. Asterisks highlight conditions in which the infants viewed novel faces significantly more often than predicted by chance.
3 months
African	60.88 (16.52)	2.635	.019*	.942
Middle Eastern	57.31 (11.37)	2.572	.021*	.937
Chinese	58.72 (14.07)	2.479	.026*	.929
Caucasian	63.71 (13.47)	4.072	.001*	.988
6 months
African	55.35 (11.40)	1.880	>.05	.840
Middle Eastern	56.70 (12.89)	2.079	>.05	.871
Chinese	56.42 (7.79)	3.295	.005*	.965
Caucasian	58.27 (8.88)	3.725	.002*	.979
9 months
African	51.33 (10.53)	0.505	>.05	.414
Middle Eastern	53.51 (8.47)	1.658	>.05	.799
Chinese	48.23 (13.31)	0.530	>.05	.642
Caucasian	59.70 (11.16)	3.476	.003*	.971