de Haan Michelle, Johnson Mark H, Halit Hanife
Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK.
Int J Psychophysiol. 2003 Dec;51(1):45-58. doi: 10.1016/s0167-8760(03)00152-1.
Event-related potential (ERP) studies in adults have identified a number of components related to encoding and recognition memory of faces. Although behavioural studies indicate that even very young infants are able to detect faces and recognise familiar individuals, very few ERP studies document the neural correlates of these early abilities. In this article, we review four components (P1, N290, P400, Nc) and slow wave activity that are elicited while infants view faces. Where possible we draw links between these components and their possible equivalents to those observed in children and adults, and we highlight areas where further investigation is required. The theoretical importance of ERP studies of face processing in infants for debates about the origins and domain specificity of the adult cortical face processing system are discussed.
针对成人的事件相关电位（ERP）研究已经识别出一些与面部编码和识别记忆相关的成分。尽管行为学研究表明，即使是非常年幼的婴儿也能够检测面部并识别熟悉的个体，但很少有ERP研究记录这些早期能力的神经关联。在本文中，我们回顾了婴儿观看面部时引发的四个成分（P1、N290、P400、Nc）以及慢波活动。我们尽可能地将这些成分与在儿童和成人中观察到的可能等效成分建立联系，并突出需要进一步研究的领域。还讨论了婴儿面部加工的ERP研究对于有关成人皮质面部加工系统的起源和领域特异性辩论的理论重要性。
