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    Oscillatory activity in the infant brain reflects object maintenance

    Kaufman, Jordy and Csibra, Gergely and Johnson, Mark H. (2005) Oscillatory activity in the infant brain reflects object maintenance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102 (42), pp. 15271-15274. ISSN 0027-8424.

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    Abstract

    The apparent failure of infants to understand "object permanence" by reaching for hidden objects is perhaps the most striking and debated phenomenon in cognitive development. Of particular interest is the extent to which infants perceive and remember objects in a similar way to that of adults. Here we report two findings that clarify infant object processing. The first is that 6-mo-old infants are sensitive to visual cues to occlusion, particularly gradual deletion. The second finding is that oscillatory electroencephalogram activity recorded over right temporal channels is involved in object maintenance. This effect occurs only after disappearance in a manner consistent with occlusion and the object's continued existence.

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    Item Type: Article
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): object permanence, infancy, gamma oscillations, electroencephalogram
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences
    Research Centres and Institutes: Brain and Cognitive Development, Centre for (CBCD)
    Depositing User: Sandra Plummer
    Date Deposited: 17 Jan 2006
    Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 16:46
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/297

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