Event-related Potentials

Author(s)
Sabina Pauen, Stefanie Hoehl
Abstract

This article gives an overview over recent studies using ERPs to explore object identification, object categorization, and social object learning in young infants. Major advantages of ERP-studies over classical looking-time studies are: the short presentation of individual stimuli, and the high temporal resolution of the dependent measure. We identify the Negative Central component (Nc), as well as the Positive Slow Wave (PSW) as ERP-components of special interest. Based on already existing findings, it can be concluded that infants less than 6 months of age are well able to recognize previously seen objects, to abstract new perceptual categories on different levels of abstraction, to identify category membership on the global level, and to use social cues to learn about objects in social context. Hence, object processing includes more than simple perception and discrimination performance.

Organisation(s)
External organisation(s)
Scientific Software Center
Journal
Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie
Volume
22
Pages
109-120
No. of pages
12
ISSN
1016-264X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1024/1016-264X/a000037
Publication date
06-2011
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
501005 Developmental psychology
Keywords
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/eventrelated-potentials(aef6cb3a-0663-43f2-ad94-23c8ba8961da).html