PMID: 9179998Apr 1, 1997Paper

Recognition of the mother's face by six-month-old infants: a neurobehavioral study

Child Development
M de Haan, C A Nelson

Abstract

Event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded from 6-month-olds as each watched pictures of the mother's face and a stranger's face. The ERPs differed for the 2 faces, but the pattern of neural activity elicited depended on whether the mother and stranger looked different (Experiment 1, n = 22) or alike (Experiment 3, n = 22). In contrast, when different 6-month-olds were each shown 1 of these 44 pairs of faces their ERPs did not differ between the 2 faces (Experiment 2, n = 22, and Experiment 4, n = 22). In a visual preference test of recognition, infants showed no evidence of recognizing the mother's face (Experiment 5, n = 32). Together, these results suggest that infants are able to recognize their mothers' faces but (1) the neural processes accompanying recognition depend on the difficulty with which mother can be discriminated from stranger and (2) under the conditions investigated in this study, ERPs are a more sensitive measure of recognition than is looking time.

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Nov 1, 1996·Developmental Psychobiology·C A Nelson, M De Haan
Feb 16, 2006·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders·Boutheina JemelMichelle Dawson
Aug 10, 2006·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders·Sara J WebbHeracles Panagiotides
Oct 14, 2008·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders·Shafali S Jeste, Charles A Nelson
Mar 5, 2011·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders·Jessica BradshawKatarzyna Chawarska
Nov 3, 2010·Neuropsychology Review·Margaret SheridanAlisa Almas
Nov 25, 2003·International Journal of Psychophysiology : Official Journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology·Michelle de HaanHanife Halit
Jul 17, 1998·International Journal of Psychophysiology : Official Journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology·P K Ackles, K G Cook
Jul 17, 1998·International Journal of Psychophysiology : Official Journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology·C A NelsonS S Wewerka
Jul 17, 1998·International Journal of Psychophysiology : Official Journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology·G CsibraM H Johnson
Apr 13, 2001·Current Opinion in Neurobiology·I Gauthier, C A Nelson
Nov 3, 2005·Development and Psychopathology·Susan W ParkerUNKNOWN Bucharest Early Intervention Project Core Group
Jan 5, 2007·Developmental Psychology·Leslie J Carver, Brenda G Vaccaro
Jul 14, 2010·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Jason HillDavid Van Essen
Jun 15, 2007·Developmental Neuropsychology·Raye-Ann deRegnierCharles A Nelson
Jan 15, 2009·Developmental Neuropsychology·Tracy A DennisChao-Cheng Chen
Feb 26, 2010·Developmental Neuropsychology·Ingrid M CordónCharles A Nelson
May 2, 2012·Developmental Neuropsychology·Stefanie Hoehl, Sebastian Wahl
Jan 25, 2011·Cerebral Cortex·K Suzanne ScherfMarlene Behrmann
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Oct 28, 2009·Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience·Silvia RigatoMark H Johnson
Dec 24, 2005·Psychological Science·Paul C QuinnCharles A Nelson
May 19, 2004·Developmental Neuropsychology·Davida Zelinsky GoldmanCharles A Nelson
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