title: An event-related potentials study of biological motion perception in human infants.
abstract: To clarify the dynamical processing aspect of biological motion (BM) perception from a developmental point of view, we measured event-related potentials (ERPs) in 8-month-old infants during the perception of BM or a scrambled motion (SM; randomization of BM's spatial structure). We found that activation of the right hemisphere in 8-month-old infants was similar to that of adults, suggesting that the neural substrates for processing BM perception begin to mature at around 8 months of age.
authors.affiliation: Course of General Systems Studies, Department of Multi-disciplinary Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-4-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan. hirai@ardbeg.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiraki
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology