A longitudinal study on infants' face perception by near-infrared spectroscopy

• Project/Area Number: 24500334
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Cognitive science
• Research Institution: Osaka Shoin Women's University
• Principal Investigator: NAKATO Emi 大阪樟蔭女子大学, 学芸学部, 講師 (30509211)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: 顔認知 / 乳児 / NIRS / 近赤外分光法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study was a longitudinal investigation of the neural responses in infants aged from 3 to 8 months using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS).
The result in the presentation of the frontal view showed that the number of the activated channels increased in the right temporal cortex than in the left temporal in all age groups. In addition, the activated channels were mainly located at the posterior and the inferior regions in the right temporal cortex for all age groups. These findings suggest the dominance of the right temporal cortex for face perception would emerge in infants as young as 3 months old. Our longitudinal data implies that the superiority to the neural responses in the right temporal cortex for face perception would develop at an early age during infancy.

Research Products

• [Presentation] Hemodynamic response of children with ADHD to happy and angry facial expressions. (2013)
  • Author(s): Ichikawa, H., Kanazawa, S., Nakato, E., Shimamura, K., Sakuta, Y., Sakuta, R., & Yamaguchi M. K
  • Organizer: 4th World Congress on ADHD
  • Place of Presentation: Milan, Italy
• [Presentation] Face processing in infants by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) (2012)
  • Author(s): Emi Nakato
  • Organizer: 43rd NIPS International Symposium: Face Perception and Recognition.
  • Place of Presentation: Okazaki Conference Center
• [Presentation] 表情観察時のAD/HD児におけるNIRSを用いた脳活動計測 (2012)
  • Author(s): 市川寛子・仲渡江美・島村圭一・作田由衣子・金沢創・山口真美・作田亮一
  • Organizer: 第76回日本心理学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 専修大学
• [Presentation] AD/HDにおけるNIRSを用いた顔視覚刺激に対する反応の検討：併存する自閉性を評価できるかもしれない. (2012)
  • Author(s): 島村圭一・市川寛子・仲渡江美・山口真美・金沢創・作田亮一
  • Organizer: 第54回日本小児神経学会
  • Place of Presentation: ロイトン札幌
• [Book] 顔の百科事典 (2015)
  • Author(s): 仲渡 江美
  • Publisher: 丸善出版株式会社
• [Book] 『発達科学ハンドブック８ 脳の発達科学』 (2015)
  • Author(s): 仲渡 江美
  • Publisher: 新曜社
• [Book] あたらしい言語障害のみかた・治療・教育（第9節 視て理解する能力の発達－出生から1歳頃まで－) (2014)
  • Author(s): 仲渡江美・山口真美（石田 勝義・橋本竜作・山路めぐみ 編）
  • Total Pages: 172
  • Publisher: 古今社
• [Book] 顔を科学する （4章 発達と脳） (2013)
  • Author(s): 仲渡江美 （柿木隆介・山口真美 編）
  • Total Pages: 343
  • Publisher: 東京大学出版会