A developmental change of the visual behavior of the face recognition in the early infancy
| Autor: | Takashi Kusaka, Masaharu Kato, Kensuke Okubo, Yukihiko Konishi, Tomoko Nishida, Susumu Itoh, Sonoko Ijichi, Kenichi Isobe, Yukuo Konishi, Ikuko Kato |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Eye Movements genetic structures Audiology Developmental change Facial recognition system Statistics Nonparametric Developmental psychology Visual behavior Child Development Developmental Neuroscience medicine Humans Age Factors Infant Eye movement Cognition General Medicine Early infancy Gaze Pattern Recognition Visual Face Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Exploratory Behavior Eye tracking Female Neurology (clinical) Psychology Photic Stimulation |
| Zdroj: | Brain and Development. 34:719-722 |
| ISSN: | 0387-7604 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to examine developmental changes in visuocognitive function, particularly face recognition, in early infancy. In this study, we measured eye movement in healthy infants with a preference gaze problem, particularly eye movement between two face stimulations. We used the eye tracker system (Tobii1750, Tobii Technologies, Sweden) to measure eye movement in infants. Subjects were 17 3-month-old infants and 16 4-month-old infants. The subjects looked two types of face stimulation (upright face/scrambled face) at the same time and we measured their visual behavior (preference/looking/eye movement). Our results showed that 4-month-old infants looked at an upright face longer than 3-month infants, and exploratory behavior while comparing two face stimulations significantly increased. In this study, 4-month-old infants showed a preference towards an upright face. The numbers of eye movements between two face stimuli significantly increased in 4-month-old infants. These results suggest that eye movements may be an important index in face cognitive function during early infancy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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