title: The perception of biological motion by infants: an event-related potential study.
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.
authors.affiliation: Neurocognition and Development Group, Center for Advanced Studies, University of Leipzig, Otto-Schill-Strasse 1, Leipzig 04109, Germany. reid@rz.uni-leipzig.de
authors.forename: Vincent M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoehl
authors.forename: Tricia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Striano
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000502:physiology; D010775:Photic Stimulation