Journal article
The Relation Between Infants' Activity with Objects and Attention to Object Appearance
Developmental psychology, Vol.44(5), pp.1242-1248
09/2008
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/109023
PMCID: PMC2596282
PMID: 18793058
Abstract
The authors examined the relation between infants' motor skills and attention to objects features in events in which a hand acted on an object (e.g., squeezed it) that then produced a sound (e.g., squeaking). In this study, 6- to 7-month-old infants (
N
= 41) were habituated to a single event and then tested with changes in appearance and action. Infants robustly responded to changes in action, but as a group did not respond to changes in appearance. Moreover, more skilled activity with objects during naturalistic play was associated with longer looking in response to a change in appearance, but not to a change in action. Implications for the relation between perception and action in infancy are discussed.
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- Title
- The Relation Between Infants' Activity with Objects and Attention to Object Appearance
- Creators
- Sammy Perone - Department of Psychology, University of IowaKelly L Madole - Department of Psychology, Western Kentucky UniversityShannon Ross-Sheehy - Department of Psychology, University of IowaMaeve Carey - Department of Psychology, University of IowaLisa M Oakes - Department of Psychology and the Center for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis
- Publication Details
- Developmental psychology, Vol.44(5), pp.1242-1248
- Academic Unit
- Human Development, Department of
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Identifiers
- 99900547162801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article