Neural correlates of the perception of goal-directed action in infants

Vincent M. Reid, Gergely Csibra, Jay Belsky, Mark H. Johnson

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

We investigated the neural correlates of the perception of human goal-directed action by 8-month-old infants. Infants viewed video loops of complete and incomplete actions, which they could discriminate according to our pilot study, while we recorded their electrophysiological brain activity. Analysis of bursts of gamma-band oscillations resulting from passive viewing of these stimuli indicated increased gamma-band activity over left frontal regions when viewing incomplete actions as compared with complete actions. These results suggest that by 8 months infants are sensitive to the disruption of perceived goal-directed actions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)129-138
Number of pages10
JournalActa Psychologica
Volume124
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Action perception
  • EEG
  • Gamma
  • Infants
  • Social cognition

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