Laboratory of Neuropsychophysiology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto.
UCL Great Ormond Street Institute for Child Health, University College London.
Dev Psychol. 2019 Sep;55(9):1868-1881. doi: 10.1037/dev0000706.
In the present work, we explore the development of processing of emotional facial configurations under a predictive processing (or predictive coding) framework. Predictive processing provides a new approach to brain function that has been used to explain a wide range of processes, from perception to socioemotional processing. The explanatory power of this framework for adult brain function is widely recognized, but it has yet to be systematically applied to understanding the developing brain. Studying the findings of developmental research under this framework may allow a deeper understanding of the predictive mechanisms and their ontogenetic course, and adds to knowledge on brain functions and developmental processes. Therefore, the goal of this work was to explore the potential complementarity of predictive processing and development. Specifically, we focus on how the development of facial and emotion processing may be understood under a predictive processing framework. The processing of facial expressions was selected because of the developmental relevance of these stimuli, their impact on general emotional development, as well as the large body of literature on this topic (comprised of both well-established but also incongruent findings, which a novel approach may clarify). Considering the main findings of developmental research on the processing of emotion-related facial configurations under this framework, we argue that predictive processing is consistent with developmental evidence and provides a promising avenue for developmental research, as it reveals new questions in the fields of development and emotion processing. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
在本研究中，我们探讨了在预测加工（或预测编码）框架下情绪面部表情处理的发展。预测加工为大脑功能提供了一种新的解释方法，它已被用于解释从感知到社会情感加工等广泛的过程。该框架对成人大脑功能的解释力已得到广泛认可，但尚未系统地应用于理解发育中的大脑。在该框架下研究发展研究的结果可以更深入地了解预测机制及其个体发生过程，并增加对大脑功能和发育过程的认识。因此，本研究的目的是探讨预测加工和发展之间的潜在互补性。具体来说，我们专注于如何在预测加工框架下理解面部和情绪处理的发展。选择面部表情处理是因为这些刺激物与发育有关，它们对一般情绪发展有影响，并且在这个主题上有大量文献（包括既定但也不一致的发现，新颖的方法可能会澄清这些发现）。考虑到该框架下情绪相关面部表情处理的发展研究的主要发现，我们认为预测加工与发展证据一致，并为发展研究提供了一个有前途的途径，因为它揭示了发展和情绪处理领域的新问题。（PsycINFO 数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。
