Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Neuropsychologia. 2010 Oct;48(12):3657-60. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.07.020. Epub 2010 Jul 21.
This study examined the influence of gaze fixation on face-sensitive ERPs. A fixation crosshair presented prior to face onset directed visual attention to upper, central, or lower face regions while ERPs were recorded. This manipulation modulated a face-sensitive component (N170) but not an early sensory component (P1). Upper and lower face fixations elicited enhanced N170 amplitude and longer N170 latency. Results expand upon extant hemodynamic research by demonstrating early effects at basic stages of face processing. These findings distinguish attention to facial features in context from attention to isolated features, and they inform electrophysiological studies of face processing in clinical populations.
本研究考察了注视点固定对面孔敏感事件相关电位(ERP)的影响。在呈现面孔之前,呈现一个注视十字线,将视觉注意力引导至面孔的上部、中部或下部区域,同时记录 ERP。这种操作调节了一个面孔敏感成分(N170),但不调节早期感觉成分(P1)。上部和下部的注视点引起了 N170 振幅的增强和 N170 潜伏期的延长。这些结果通过证明在面孔处理的基本阶段存在早期影响,扩展了现有的血流动力学研究。这些发现将上下文环境中的面部特征注意与孤立特征的注意区分开来,并为临床人群的面孔处理的电生理研究提供了信息。