Title |
Oscillatory Activity in the Infant Brain and the Representation of Small Numbers
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Published in |
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, February 2016
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DOI | 10.3389/fnsys.2016.00004 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Sumie Leung, Denis Mareschal, Renee Rowsell, David Simpson, Leon Iaria, Amanda Grbic, Jordy Kaufman |
Abstract |
Gamma-band oscillatory activity (GBA) is an established neural signature of sustained occluded object representation in infants and adults. However, it is not yet known whether the magnitude of GBA in the infant brain reflects the quantity of occluded items held in memory. To examine this, we compared GBA of 6-8 month-old infants during occlusion periods after the representation of two objects vs. that of one object. We found that maintaining a representation of two objects during occlusion resulted in significantly greater GBA relative to maintaining a single object. Further, this enhancement was located in the right occipital region, which is consistent with previous object representation research in adults and infants. We conclude that enhanced GBA reflects neural processes underlying infants' representation of small numbers. |
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