Sex-related differences in event-related potentials, face recognition, and facial affect processing in prepubertal children - PubMed

Sex-related differences in event-related potentials, face recognition, and facial affect processing in prepubertal children

D E Everhart et al. Neuropsychology. 2001 Jul.

Abstract

Thirty-five prepubertal children, 17 boys and 18 girls, between the ages of 8 and 11 years, were studied to examine electrophysiological and cognitive sex differences during a face-recognition-memory (FRM) task and a facial-affect-identification task (FAIT). All participants were prepubertal, as determined by J. M. Tanner's (1962) staging and endocrine evaluation. Sex-dependent event-related potential (ERP) amplitude asymmetries were found during FRM. Boys displayed greater right versus left ERP amplitude to auditory tone probes during the task, whereas girls displayed the opposite pattern. In addition, positive correlations were obtained between ERP amplitude during FRM and FAIT accuracy scores for boys, but not for girls. Results suggest that girls and boys may use different neuronal systems in the processing of faces and facial affect. Findings are consistent with developmental theories regarding sex differences in visuospatial processing.

Similar articles

• Tone probe event-related potential differences during a face recognition task in prepubertal children and Turner Syndrome girls.

  Everhart DE, Shucard JL, Quatrin T, Shucard DW. Everhart DE, et al. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2004 Nov;29(10):1260-71. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2004.03.004. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2004. PMID: 15288705 Clinical Trial.

• The activation of visual memory for facial identity is task-dependent: evidence from human electrophysiology.

  Zimmermann FG, Eimer M. Zimmermann FG, et al. Cortex. 2014 May;54:124-34. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.02.008. Epub 2014 Feb 24. Cortex. 2014. PMID: 24657481

• Inequality between biases in face memory: Event-related potentials reveal dissociable neural correlates of own-race and own-gender biases.

  Wiese H, Schweinberger SR. Wiese H, et al. Cortex. 2018 Apr;101:119-135. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2018.01.016. Epub 2018 Feb 2. Cortex. 2018. PMID: 29475077

• Development of face-sensitive event-related potentials during infancy: a review.

  de Haan M, Johnson MH, Halit H. de Haan M, et al. Int J Psychophysiol. 2003 Dec;51(1):45-58. doi: 10.1016/s0167-8760(03)00152-1. Int J Psychophysiol. 2003. PMID: 14629922 Review.

• Electrophysiological studies of face processing in developmental prosopagnosia: neuropsychological and neurodevelopmental perspectives.

  Towler J, Eimer M. Towler J, et al. Cogn Neuropsychol. 2012;29(5-6):503-29. doi: 10.1080/02643294.2012.716757. Epub 2012 Oct 16. Cogn Neuropsychol. 2012. PMID: 23066851 Review.

Cited by

• Social and emotional processing in Prader-Willi syndrome: genetic subtype differences.

  Key AP, Jones D, Dykens EM. Key AP, et al. J Neurodev Disord. 2013 Mar 27;5(1):7. doi: 10.1186/1866-1955-5-7. J Neurodev Disord. 2013. PMID: 23536992 Free PMC article.

• Facial emotion recognition in schizophrenia: the impact of gender.

  Erol A, Putgul G, Kosger F, Ersoy B. Erol A, et al. Psychiatry Investig. 2013 Mar;10(1):69-74. doi: 10.4306/pi.2013.10.1.69. Epub 2013 Jan 25. Psychiatry Investig. 2013. PMID: 23482852 Free PMC article.

• Group identity modulates bidding behavior in repeated lottery contest: neural signatures from event-related potentials and electroencephalography oscillations.

  Hao S, Jiali P, Xiaomin Z, Xiaoqin W, Lina L, Xin Q, Qin L. Hao S, et al. Front Neurosci. 2023 Jun 22;17:1184601. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1184601. eCollection 2023. Front Neurosci. 2023. PMID: 37425015 Free PMC article.

• Spatiotemporal dipole source localization of face processing ERPs in adolescents: a preliminary study.

  Wong TK, Fung PC, McAlonan GM, Chua SE. Wong TK, et al. Behav Brain Funct. 2009 Mar 12;5:16. doi: 10.1186/1744-9081-5-16. Behav Brain Funct. 2009. PMID: 19284600 Free PMC article.

• Emotional Effects on University Choice Behavior: The Influence of Experienced Narrators and Their Characteristics.

  Callejas-Albiñana AI, Callejas-Albiñana FE, Martínez-Rodríguez I. Callejas-Albiñana AI, et al. Front Psychol. 2016 May 24;7:689. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00689. eCollection 2016. Front Psychol. 2016. PMID: 27252664 Free PMC article.

Publication types

MeSH terms

LinkOut - more resources

• Full Text Sources

  • American Psychological Association
  • Ovid Technologies, Inc.