Abstract

Objectives Core B, the electrophysiology and computational core, will develop standard methods for processing and analysis of EEG data from both human and non-human primate studies that can be used to identify mirror neuron system (MNS) activity. Both standard nonparametric spectral estimation methods and more recent methods based on parametric modeling, wavelet analysis, and independent component analysis of brain activity will be used to identify mu like responses in infants, children and adults and in the non-human primate studies. Moreover, cortical source analysis will also provide a window to the generators of the mu activity as described below. This core will provide foundational support to each of the Projects for collecting electrophysiological data examining the mirror system during observation and performance of action in human infants (Projects I and II), human children (Project I and IV) and human adults (Projects I and IV) as well as non-human primate infants (Projects I and III) and non-human primate adults (Project III).

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Research Program Projects (P01)
Project #
5P01HD064653-05
Application #
8701320
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZHD1)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2014-07-01
Budget End
2015-06-30
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
2014
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Maryland College Park
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
College Park
State
MD
Country
United States
Zip Code
20742

  Publications

Salo, Virginia C; Ferrari, Pier F; Fox, Nathan A (2018) The role of the motor system in action understanding and communication: Evidence from human infants and non-human primates. Dev Psychobiol :
Festante, Fabrizia; Vanderwert, Ross E; Sclafani, Valentina et al. (2018) EEG beta desynchronization during hand goal-directed action observation in newborn monkeys and its relation to the emergence of hand motor skills. Dev Cogn Neurosci 30:142-149
Novack, Miriam A; Filippi, Courtney A; Goldin-Meadow, Susan et al. (2018) Actions speak louder than gestures when you are 2 years old. Dev Psychol 54:1809-1821
Bowers, M E; Buzzell, G A; Bernat, E M et al. (2018) Time-frequency approaches to investigating changes in feedback processing during childhood and adolescence. Psychophysiology 55:e13208
Krogh-Jespersen, Sheila; Kaldy, Zsuzsa; Valadez, Annalisa Groth et al. (2018) Goal prediction in 2-year-old children with and without autism spectrum disorder: An eye-tracking study. Autism Res 11:870-882
Simpson, Elizabeth A; Paukner, Annika; Pedersen, Eric J et al. (2018) Visual preferences for direct-gaze faces in infant macaques (Macaca mulatta) with limited face exposure. Dev Psychobiol :
Krogh-Jespersen, Sheila; Woodward, Amanda L (2018) Reaching the goal: Active experience facilitates 8-month-old infants' prospective analysis of goal-based actions. J Exp Child Psychol 171:31-45
Damon, Fabrice; Méary, David; Quinn, Paul C et al. (2017) Preference for facial averageness: Evidence for a common mechanism in human and macaque infants. Sci Rep 7:46303
Simpson, Elizabeth A; Paukner, Annika; Sclafani, Valentina et al. (2017) Acute oxytocin improves memory and gaze following in male but not female nursery-reared infant macaques. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 234:497-506
Baker, Maggie; Lindell, Stephen G; Driscoll, Carlos A et al. (2017) Early rearing history influences oxytocin receptor epigenetic regulation in rhesus macaques. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 114:11769-11774

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