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SUBMITTER: Meltzoff AN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6045975 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Meltzoff Andrew N AN Ramírez Rey R RR Saby Joni N JN Larson Eric E Taulu Samu S Marshall Peter J PJ
Developmental science 20180114 5
There is growing interest concerning the ways in which the human body, both one's own and that of others, is represented in the developing human brain. In two experiments with 7-month-old infants, we employed advances in infant magnetoencephalography (MEG) brain imaging to address novel questions concerning body representations in early development. Experiment 1 evaluated the spatiotemporal organization of infants' brain responses to being touched. A punctate touch to infants' hands and feet pro ...[more]