The Human Face Becomes Mapped as a Sensorimotor Reaching Space During the First Year

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ID21301416
AuthorsLisa K Chinn (0000-0001-8498-9909, Tulane University, corresponding author), Claire F Noonan (0000-0002-2626-6339, Tulane University), Jeffrey J Lockman (0000-0002-3584-1921, Tulane University)
Year2021
Volume92
Issue2
Pages760-773
Publication date2021-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-3920 • E-ISSN: 1467-8624
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/cdev.13405
PMID32730689
OpenAlexW3045706768
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited33

Although recent behavioral and neural research indicates that infants represent the body’s structure, how they engage self-representations for action is little understood. This study addressed how the human face becomes a reaching space. Infants (N = 24; 2–11 months) were tested longitudinally approximately every 3 weeks on their ability to reach to a vibrating target placed at different locations on the face. Successful reaches required coordinating skin- and body-based codes for location, a problem known as tactile remapping. Findings suggest that a functional representation of the face is initially fragmented. Infants localized targets in the perioral region before other areas (ears/temples). Additionally, infants predominantly reached ipsilaterally to targets. Collectively, the findings illuminate how the face becomes an integrated sensorimotor space for self-reaching

Action (physics) · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Face (sociological concept) · Personal space · Representation (politics) · Sensory system · Space (punctuation) · Tactile stimuli · Action Observation and Synchronization · Child and Animal Learning Development · Communication · Computer Science · Multisensory perception and integration · Psychology · Social Psychology

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