Action Production Influences 12-Month-Old Infants' Attention to Others' Actions

Autor/inn/en	Cannon, Erin N.; Woodward, Amanda L.; Gredeback, Gustaf; von Hofsten, Claes; Turek, Colleen
Titel	Action Production Influences 12-Month-Old Infants' Attention to Others' Actions
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 15 (2012) 1, S.35-42 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-755X
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01095.x
Schlagwörter	Infants; Attention; Visual Perception; Eye Movements; Correlation; Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Aufmerksamkeit; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Augenbewegung; Korrelation
Abstract	Recent work implicates a link between action control systems and action understanding. In this study, we investigated the role of the motor system in the development of visual anticipation of others' actions. Twelve-month-olds engaged in behavioral and observation tasks. "Containment activity", infants' spontaneous engagement in producing containment actions; and "gaze latency", how quickly they shifted gaze to the goal object of another's containment actions, were measured. Findings revealed a positive relationship: infants who received the behavior task first evidenced a strong correlation between their own actions and their subsequent gaze latency of another's actions. Learning over the course of trials was not evident. These findings demonstrate a direct influence of the motor system on online visual attention to others' actions early in development. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10