Journal article
The Relationship between Sitting and the Use of Symmetry As a Cue to Figure-Ground Assignment in 6.5-Month-Old Infants
Frontiers in psychology, Vol.7(MAY), pp.759-759
2016
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/103044
PMID: 27303326
Abstract
Two experiments examined the relationship between emerging sitting ability and sensitivity to symmetry as a cue to figure-ground (FG) assignment in 6.5-month-old infants (
N
= 80). In each experiment, infants who could sit unassisted (as indicated by parental report in Experiment 1 and by an in-lab assessment in Experiment 2) exhibited sensitivity to symmetry as a cue to FG assignment, whereas non-sitting infants did not. Experiment 2 further revealed that sensitivity to this cue is not related to general cognitive abilities as indexed using a non-related visual habituation task. Results demonstrate an important relationship between motor development and visual perception and further suggest that the achievement of important motor milestones such as stable sitting may be related to qualitative changes in sensitivity to monocular depth assignment cues such as symmetry.
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- Title
- The Relationship between Sitting and the Use of Symmetry As a Cue to Figure-Ground Assignment in 6.5-Month-Old Infants
- Creators
- Shannon Ross-Sheehy - Department of Psychology, University of TennesseeSammy Perone - Institute of Child Development, University of MinnesotaShaun P Vecera - Department of Psychology, The University of IowaLisa M Oakes - Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in psychology, Vol.7(MAY), pp.759-759
- Academic Unit
- Human Development, Department of
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media S.A
- Grant note
- MH64020; EY022525; 1F31MH068934-01A1 / National Institutes of Health
- Identifiers
- 99900546668901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article