Project description
The formation of object representations in the infant brain
| Project leader | Stefanie Höhl (Universität Wien) |
| Project partners | Moritz Köster (FU Berlin), Radoslaw Cichy (FU Berlin) |
| Project members | Christina Maria Schätz |
| Duration | 2020 - 2023 |
| Contact | stefanie.hoehl@univie.ac.at |
Neural oscillations play a key role in the integration of information and learning processes in adults. Our goal in this project is to investigate the neural oscillations that underlie learning about objects in infants in their first year of life. We combine EEG (electroencepahlography) measurements in early infancy with innovative stimulation and analysis methods from neuroscientific research with adults to study the neural dynamics in early brain development. This allows a deeper understanding of how infants form basic representations and the neural mechanisms underlying early learning processes.
The project is supported by the FWF (project number I 4332) as part of the DACH programme with the DFG (KO 6028/1-1).
Our project results
- Bánki, A., Köster, M., Cichy, R. M., & Hoehl, S. (2023). Communicative signals during joint attention promote neural processes of infants and caregivers. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 65, Article 101321. [DOI]
- Köster, M., Brzozowska, A., Bánki, A., Tünte, M., Ward, E. K., & Hoehl, S. (2023). Rhythmic visual stimulation as a window into early brain development: a systematic review. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 64, 101315. [DOI]
- Köster, M., Bánki, A., Yamasaki, D., Kato, M., Itakura, S., & Hoehl, S. (2023). Cross-cultural differences in visual object and background processing in the infant brain. Imaging Neuroscience, 1, 1-11. [DOI]
- Xie, S., Hoehl, S., Moeskops, M., Kayhan, E., Kliesch, C., Turtleton, B., Köster, M., & Cichy, R. M. (2022). Visual category representations in the infant brain. Current Biology. [DOI]
- Bánki, A., Brzozowska, A., Hoehl, S., & Köster, M. (2022). Neural entrainment versus stimulus- tracking: a conceptual challenge for rhythmic perceptual stimulation in developmental neuroscience. Frontiers in Psychology. [DOI]