TY - JOUR
T1 - Neural Correlates of Cross-Modal Recognition Memory by 8-Month-Old Human Infants
AU - Nelson, Charles A.
AU - Henschel, Mary
AU - Collins, Paul F
PY - 1993/5
Y1 - 1993/5
N2 - The neural correlates of cross-modal recognition memory were examined in 8-month-old infants by using event-related potentials. Testing began by having all Ss feel (but not see) an object for 60 s. Test trials then followed. Infants in Condition 1 received 15 presentations of a picture of the familiar object, followed by alternating pictures of that object and a novel object. Infants in Condition 2 received 15 presentations of a picture of the novel object, followed by the same test sequence as infants in Condition 1. Infants in Condition 3 were presented with 2 test trials during which looking times were recorded to pictures of the familiar and novel objects; they then received the same test sequence as infants in Conditions 1 and 2. Infants in Condition 4 were presented only with the same test sequence as infants in Conditions 1, 2, and 3. Only in Conditions 1 and 4 was a late positive slow wave invoked by the novel object (indicative of recognition memory), although infants in Condition 3 did show a significant looking preference for the novel object. These results are contrasted with previous studies examining the neural correlates of visual recognition memory.
AB - The neural correlates of cross-modal recognition memory were examined in 8-month-old infants by using event-related potentials. Testing began by having all Ss feel (but not see) an object for 60 s. Test trials then followed. Infants in Condition 1 received 15 presentations of a picture of the familiar object, followed by alternating pictures of that object and a novel object. Infants in Condition 2 received 15 presentations of a picture of the novel object, followed by the same test sequence as infants in Condition 1. Infants in Condition 3 were presented with 2 test trials during which looking times were recorded to pictures of the familiar and novel objects; they then received the same test sequence as infants in Conditions 1 and 2. Infants in Condition 4 were presented only with the same test sequence as infants in Conditions 1, 2, and 3. Only in Conditions 1 and 4 was a late positive slow wave invoked by the novel object (indicative of recognition memory), although infants in Condition 3 did show a significant looking preference for the novel object. These results are contrasted with previous studies examining the neural correlates of visual recognition memory.
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U2 - 10.1037/0012-1649.29.3.411
DO - 10.1037/0012-1649.29.3.411
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:21144479954
SN - 0012-1649
VL - 29
SP - 411
EP - 420
JO - Developmental psychology
JF - Developmental psychology
IS - 3
ER -