Images Used for the Face Perception Study (IMAGE) National Institutes of Natural Sciences Caption These three images were separately shown to the Japanese children. Left: an image of a neutral face; Middle: an image of an inverted version of the upright face stimuli; Right: an image showings eyes alone without facial contours or other features. The EEG large component (N170) was longer in duration and/or had at least two peaks in the 8 to 11-year-old children, different from adults, whereas it was sharp and had one peak in the 12 to 13-year-old children, similar to adults. N170 was significantly larger after the presentation of the eyes stimuli than after the presentation of the upright face stimuli in the 8 to 10-year-old children. In addition, significant differences in N170 latency were observed among all three types of stimuli in the 13-year-old children, with the inverted face stimuli producing the longer latency than the upright face stimuli, similar to the adult's pattern of N170. Credit National Institute for Physiological Sciences Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.