Neural entrainment to visual rules in infant and adult brain.

ABSTRACT: Visual Rule Learning (RL) is a key cognitive ability allowing the detection and generalization of repetition-based rules in a continuous stream. Most studies on visual RL focus on post-exposure behavioral tasks, missing the learning process dynamics and the individual and age-related differences. Here, for the first time, we used neural entrainment to investigate visual RL, particularly in infants. Thirty adults and 27 nine-month-old infants were exposed to triplets of shapes in an ABA structure for 2 min while recording EEG. Triplets appeared at 6 Hz, with the embedded rule frequency at 2 Hz. Behavioral tests assessed rule discrimination between familiar (ABA) and novel patterns, measuring infants' looking behavior and adults' familiarity judgments. Results revealed a striking infant adva

SUBMITTER: Bettoni R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12804873 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature