Adults possess a network of cortical and sub-cortical structures that are engaged during the perception and processing of social stimuli, and interactions with other humans. Currently, very little is known about the early development of this important brain network. We review our work, and that of others, that examines the precursors of the adult network during infancy in several domains: eye gaze processing, the perception of face identity, and the perception of emotions. We conclude that while adults have specialized neural routes for different aspects of social stimulus processing, infants appear to apply common processing and show evidence of a lack of neural and cognitive specialization.
The social cognitive neuroscience of infancy: Illuminating early development of social brain functions
FARRONI, TERESA
2008
Abstract
Adults possess a network of cortical and sub-cortical structures that are engaged during the perception and processing of social stimuli, and interactions with other humans. Currently, very little is known about the early development of this important brain network. We review our work, and that of others, that examines the precursors of the adult network during infancy in several domains: eye gaze processing, the perception of face identity, and the perception of emotions. We conclude that while adults have specialized neural routes for different aspects of social stimulus processing, infants appear to apply common processing and show evidence of a lack of neural and cognitive specialization.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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