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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Neural Pathways of Visual Face Recognition Immediately After Birth.

Carlo Lai, Chiara Ciacchella, Daniela Altavilla, Giorgio Veneziani, Giuseppe Marano, Gaia Romana Pellicano, Giacomo Della Marca, Federico Tonioni, Paola Aceto, Marco Cecchini and 3 more

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Carlo LaiDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7638-0375
Chiara CiacchellaDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Daniela AltavillaDepartment of Philosophy, Communication and Performing Arts, "Roma Tre" University, 00154 Rome, Italy.
Giorgio VenezianiDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6223-5460
Giuseppe MaranoUnit of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7058-4927
Gaia Romana PellicanoDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Giacomo Della MarcaDepartment of Neurosciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6914-799X
Federico TonioniUnit of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Paola AcetoDepartment of Emergency, Anesthesiological and Reanimation Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0228-0603
Marco CecchiniDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Eugenio Maria MercuriDepartment Women Children and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Luigi JaniriUnit of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Marianna MazzaUnit of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3007-8162

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Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the electrophysiological correlates of face-identity recognition in newborn infants immediately after birth. Electroencephalographic acquisition was continuously recorded in 23 newborn infants (3 < age < 24 h of life) during the following visual task: presentation of a woman's face for 60 s ("known face"); random presentation of 50 known faces, 50 novel women's faces, and 50 chessboards (for 2 s each). The final sample included in ERP analyses was composed of 11 newborn infants (male/female: 6/5; age: 5 h 16' ± 3 h 51'). A greater negative amplitude of the N290 and smaller P400 and LC2 were found in response to the known face compared with the novel one in the left hemisphere. A shorter N290 latency was detected during the known face presentation compared with the novel one, and a longer latency of the same component was observed during novel face presentation compared with the chessboard. These findings suggest that newborns process a face differently from an object at birth and that they can discriminate a new face from a familiar one previously viewed for one minute.

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electroencephalographic correlatesERPsface recognitionneural connectivityneural correlatesnewborns

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PMCPMC12297912

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