Pilot EEG- and eyemovement studies in baby's

Recent studies have indicated that the processing of socially relevant stimuli
is crucially dependent on perceptual processes. We have shown in several
studies in children that a disturbance in perceptual development is directly
related to impairments in the processing of social stimuli, especially in
autism. In order to better understand this relation we need to study the very
early development of aforementioned processes, i.e. to study baby's. At this
moment, there is a lack of expertise in the research group with respect to this
type of research in this age group.

To do pilot research to investigate the possibilities of EEG and eyemovent
studies on perceptual and social processing in baby's.

An observational non-invasive pilot study. During the presentation of
meaningless abstract stimuli and faces looking behavior and electrical brain
activity of baby's will be registered.

Neither the children nor their parents benefit from the study. The risk for
children as they participate in the study is virtually non-existent, their
participational burden is low (the actual measurements take one hour at max,
divided in phases of about 10 minutes). The study is related to this specific
group, i.e. baby's, since the exerimental question can not be answered in
another age range.