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The Lateral Occipital Cortex Is Selective For Object Shape, Not Texture/Color, At Six Months, Lauren L. Emberson, Stephen L. Crosswhite, J. E. Richards, Richard N. Aslin Mar 2017

The Lateral Occipital Cortex Is Selective For Object Shape, Not Texture/Color, At Six Months, Lauren L. Emberson, Stephen L. Crosswhite, J. E. Richards, Richard N. Aslin

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Understanding howthe human visual system develops is crucialto understandingthe nature and organization of our complex and varied visual representations. However, previous investigations of the development of the visual system using fMRI are primarily confined to a subset of the visual system (high-level vision: faces, scenes) and relatively late in visual development (starting at 4 –5 years of age). The current study extends our understanding of human visual development by presenting the first systematic investigation of a mid-level visual region [the lateral occipital cortex (LOC)] in a population much younger than has been investigated in the past: 6 month olds. We …


Neural Correlates Of Face Processing In Etiologically-Distinct 12-Month-Old Infants At High-Risk Of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Maggie W. Guy, J. E. Richards, Bridgette L. Tonnsen, Jane E. Roberts Mar 2017

Neural Correlates Of Face Processing In Etiologically-Distinct 12-Month-Old Infants At High-Risk Of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Maggie W. Guy, J. E. Richards, Bridgette L. Tonnsen, Jane E. Roberts

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Neural correlates of face processing were examined in 12-month-olds at high-risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including 21 siblings of children with ASD (ASIBs) and 15 infants with fragile X syndrome (FXS), as well as 21 low-risk (LR) controls. Event-related potentials were recorded to familiar and novel face and toy stimuli. All infants demonstrated greater N290 amplitude to faces than toys. At the Nc component, LR infants showed greater amplitude to novel stimuli than to their mother’s face and own toy, whereas infants with FXS showed the opposite pattern of responses and ASIBs did not differentiate based on familiarity. These …