The perception of biological motion by infants: An event-related potential study

Vincent M. Reid; Stefanie Hoehl; Tricia Striano

doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2005.10.080

The perception of biological motion by infants: An event-related potential study

Vincent M. Reid, Stefanie Hoehl, Tricia Striano

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Abstract

The current study investigates how human infants process and interpret human movement. Neural correlates to the perception of biological motion by 8-month-old infants were assessed. Analysis of event-related potentials (ERPs) resulting from the passive viewing of upright and inverted point-light displays (PLDs) depicting human movement indicated a larger positive amplitude in right parietal regions between 200 and 300 ms for observing upright PLDs when compared with observing inverted PLDs. These results show that infants at 8 months of age process upright and inverted PLDs differently from each other. The implications for our understanding of infant visual perception are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	211-214
Number of pages	4
Journal	Neuroscience Letters
Volume	395
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2005.10.080
Publication status	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

501005 Developmental psychology

Keywords

Child, Preschool
Electroencephalography
Evoked Potentials
Female
Functional Laterality
Humans
Male
Motion Perception
Parietal Lobe
Photic Stimulation
Clinical Trial
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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The perception of biological motion by infants: An event-related potential study

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