RECOGNITION MEMORY IN 3-DAY-OLD TO 4-DAY-OLD HUMAN NEONATES

被引:150
作者
PASCALIS, O
DESCHONEN, S
机构
[1] Developmental Neurocognition Unit, Laboratory of Cognitive Neurosciences CNRS, Marseille, 13009
关键词
DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN INFANTS; RECOGNITION MEMORY;
D O I
10.1097/00001756-199409080-00008
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
IT has been recently established in both adult monkeys and humans that visual recognition memory, as assessed with a preferential visual fixation technique, depends on the integrity of the neural structures situated in the medial part of the temporal lobe. This kind of memory has been observed in infant monkeys not earlier than day 15. Using a familiarization technique we established that this recognition memory is present in human infants as early as postnatal day 3 when a 2-min retention interval is used. This visual recognition memory might be controlled by subcortical structures. The possibility that the medial temporal structure involved in adult visual memory is operating at birth cannot, however, be ruled out.
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页码:1721 / 1724
页数:4
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