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TY - JOUR
T1 - Processing faces in dyadic and triadic contexts
AU - Parise, Eugenio
AU - Handl, Andrea
AU - Striano, Tricia
PY - 2010/1
Y1 - 2010/1
N2 - In a series of four experiments we assessed whether functional properties of the human face, such as signaling an object through eye gaze, influence face processing in 3- and 4-month-old infants. Infants viewed canonical and scrambled faces. We found that 4- but not 3-month-old infants' ERP showed an enhanced face-sensitive N170 component for the scrambled stimulus. Furthermore, when canonical and scrambled faces were gazing toward an object, 4-month-olds displayed an enhanced Negative central (Nc) component, related to attentional processes, for the scrambled face. Three-month-olds did not display any of these effects. These results point to important transition in the first months of infancy and show that triadic cues influence the processing of the human face.
AB - In a series of four experiments we assessed whether functional properties of the human face, such as signaling an object through eye gaze, influence face processing in 3- and 4-month-old infants. Infants viewed canonical and scrambled faces. We found that 4- but not 3-month-old infants' ERP showed an enhanced face-sensitive N170 component for the scrambled stimulus. Furthermore, when canonical and scrambled faces were gazing toward an object, 4-month-olds displayed an enhanced Negative central (Nc) component, related to attentional processes, for the scrambled face. Three-month-olds did not display any of these effects. These results point to important transition in the first months of infancy and show that triadic cues influence the processing of the human face.
KW - OBJECTS
KW - Development
KW - Infant N170
KW - EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS
KW - ATTENTION
KW - CONTACT
KW - NEWBORNS PREFERENCE
KW - ERPs
KW - EYE GAZE DIRECTION
KW - Nc component
KW - BRAIN
KW - HUMAN INFANTS
KW - PERCEPTION
KW - RECOGNITION MEMORY
KW - Infants
U2 - 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.10.012
DO - 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.10.012
M3 - Journal article
VL - 48
SP - 518
EP - 528
JO - Neuropsychologia
JF - Neuropsychologia
SN - 0028-3932
IS - 2
ER -