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    Near infrared spectroscopy reveals neural activation during face perception in infants and adults

    Csibra, Gergely and Henty, J. and Volein, A. and Elwell, C. and Tucker, L. and Meek, J. (2004) Near infrared spectroscopy reveals neural activation during face perception in infants and adults. Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2 (2), pp. 85-89. ISSN 1304-2580.

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    Abstract

    We used near infrared spectroscopy to measure changes in cerebral oxygenation in both human infants and adults as they viewed images of faces or control "visual noise" stimuli. At an occipital site, adults showed a significant increase in oxyhaemoglobin and a contrasting pattern of results was observed in infants. While the same general difference between the processing of the two stimuli was observed, a larger decrease in oxyhemoglobin concentration in response to faces than to visual noise was found in infants. These results demonstrate that near infrared spectroscopy can detect differences in stimulus processing induced by a complex visual stimulus in both infants and adults.

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    Item Type: Article
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences
    Depositing User: Sarah Hall
    Date Deposited: 15 Oct 2019 13:03
    Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 17:54
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/29494

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