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Published on: July 31, 2016
[Development of function of the recognition of angry face expression in children of 5-11 years old]
Abstract:
At children 5-6, 7-8 and 10-11 years on model of cognitive set are revealed age features of influence of last experience on perception of a face expression. At children of 5-6 years rigid set on an angry face was experimentally formed: at a testing stage show set-shifting caused large number of erroneous recognition of face expression of perseverative type (assimilative illusions). Plasticity of the set raises in 7-8-year age and considerably the number of assimilative illusions decreases. On 10-11 years sets doesn't differ essentially from adult people on plasticity and a ratio of number of assimilative and contrast illusions. Changes of spatial synchronization of electric potentials teta- and alpha ranges of frequencies in all age groups it is observed generally at a stage of formation of set. On all age groups strong correlation between bioelectric data and features of the set on a face expression is revealed. These data supports the hypothesis that cortiko-hippocampal and fronto-thalamic functional systems of integration of a brain activity participate in the organization of a set on an emotional face expression and provide cognitive flexibility.
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