Do infants recognize the Arcimboldo images as faces? Behavioral and near-infrared spectroscopic study

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-36

  Kobayashi, Megumi ^a,b   Otsuka, Yumiko ^b,c,f   Nakato, Emi ^d   Kanazawa, So ^c   Yamaguchi, Masami K ^a,e   Kakigi, Ryusuke ^d  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arcimboldo images; Configural processing; Face recognition; Infants; Left hemisphere; Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)

Indexed keywords

OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PAINTING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RECOGNITION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VEGETABLE;

FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PAINTINGS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TEMPORAL LOBE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 80053384833     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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