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ERIC Number: EJ545073
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Recognition of the Mother's Face by Six-Month-Old Infants: A Neurobehavioral Study.
de Haan, Michelle; Nelson, Charles A.
Child Development, v68 n2 p187-210 Apr 1997
This study used event-related potentials (ERP) and visual preference technique to assess 6-month olds' ability to recognize their mothers' face. Results of five experiments suggested that infants can recognize their mothers' face, but the neural processes accompanying recognition depend on the difficulty with which mothers can be discriminated from strangers; and that ERPs are more sensitive measures than is looking time. (KB)
Descriptors: Experiments, Familiarity, Infants, Learning Processes, Memory, Mothers, Neuropsychology, Recognition (Psychology)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Brain Development; Event Related Potentials; Facial Perception; Facial Recognition; Visual Preference Technique