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Development of face discrimination abilities, and relationship to magnocellular pathway development, between childhood and adulthood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2013

PAMELA M. PALLETT  and
KAREN R. DOBKINS
PAMELA M. PALLETT
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
KAREN R. DOBKINS*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
*
*Address correspondence to: Karen R. Dobkins, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093. E-mail: kdobkins@ucsd.edu
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Abstract

The current study tested the development of face and object processing in young children (mean age = 5.24 years), adolescents (mean age = 15.8 years), and adults (mean age = 21.1 years) using stimuli that were equated for low-level visual characteristics (luminance, contrast, and spatial frequency make-up) and methods that equate for difficulty across ages. We also tested sensitivity to luminance and chromatic contrast (i.e., thought to be mediated primarily by the subcortical Magnocellular (M) and Parvocellular (P) pathways, respectively) to determine whether age-related improvements in face or object discrimination were driven by age-related changes in the M and/or P pathways. Results showed a selective age-related improvement in face sensitivity and a relationship between age-related increases in face sensitivity and luminance contrast sensitivity. These results add to the mounting evidence that the M pathway may influence face processing.

Keywords

DevelopmentFace processingObject processingMagnocellularParvocellularVisionFace perceptionlinking hypotheses

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Linking performance and neural mechanisms in development and disability
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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 30 , Special Issue 5-6: Linking Hypotheses in Visual Neuroscience: A Tribute to Davida Teller , November 2013 , pp. 251 - 262
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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