The development and temporal dynamics of spatial orienting in infants

Article Abstract:

Temporal variation in cue-target intervals affects spatial orienting ability in developing infants. Four month old infants show both facilitation and inhibition of responses to a cued location when targets appear 200 and 700 ms after the cue onset, respectively. Two month old infants show a weak effect of cues, and six month old infants show only inhibition of responses. Infants' ability to shift attention to a spatial location increases with age.

Time perception, Infants, Perceptual orientation, Spatial behavior, Human spatial behavior, Orientation (Psychology)

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Infants perceiving and acting on the eyes: tests of an evolutionary hypothesis

Article Abstract:

Eye gaze cueing in infants was studied with a view to determining whether it is the result of a domain-specific module such as EDD (Eye Detection Detector) or whether more domain-general processes are involved during infancy. The perceived direction of motion of pupils following a period of direct mutual gaze, which enabled infants to orient to cued target locations, was observed.

Science & research, Nonverbal communication

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Factors influencing newborns' preference for faces with eye contact

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Using a preferential looking method, the social-cognitive development in children in terms of child's perception of faces and his preference for faces with direct gaze is analyzed.

United Kingdom, Italy, Infant psychology, Face recognition (Psychology)

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