Learning from Their Own Actions: The Unique Effect of Producing Actions on Infants' Action Understanding

Autor/inn/en	Gerson, Sarah A.; Woodward, Amanda L.
Titel	Learning from Their Own Actions: The Unique Effect of Producing Actions on Infants' Action Understanding
Quelle	In: Child Development, 85 (2014) 1, S.264-277 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.12115
Schlagwörter	Infants; Observation; Infant Behavior; Psychomotor Skills; Visual Stimuli; Habituation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Beobachtung; Psychomotorische Aktivität
Abstract	Prior research suggests that infants' action production affects their action understanding, but little is known about the aspects of motor experience that render these effects. In Study 1, the relative contributions of self-produced (n = 30) and observational (n = 30) action experience on 3-month-old infants' action understanding was assessed using a visual habituation paradigm. In Study 2, generalization of training to a new context was examined (n = 30). Results revealed a unique effect of active over observational experience. Furthermore, findings suggest that benefits of trained actions do not generalize broadly, at least following brief training. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10