Changes in infant visual attention when observing repeated actions |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Infant and Child Lab, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Sweden;2. School of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Australia;3. Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden;1. Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Avenida Tenente Catão Roxo, 2260, Ribeirão Preto, SP, CEP: 14051-140, Brazil;2. 0-3 Center For The At-Risk Infant, Scientific Institute IRCCS Eugenio Medea, via Don Luigi Monza 20, 23842 Bosisio Parini, LC, Italy;1. Ruhr University Bochum, Germany;2. Bielefeld University, Germany;1. Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, Faculty of Humanities, Motor Behavior- Motor development Branch Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Hesarak, Tehran, Iran;2. Child Motor Development Lab, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843, United States;3. Faculty of Physical Education, University of Tehran, Faculty of Physical Eduaction, 15th street, North Kargar Street, Tehran, Iran;4. Behavior science department of Sport Science Research Institute, No. 3, 5th Alley, Miremad Street, Motahhari Street, Tehran, Iran;5. Motor Behavior_ Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Hesarak, Tehran, Iran |
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| Abstract: | Infants’ early visual preferences for faces, and their observational learning abilities, are well-established in the literature. The current study examines how infants’ attention changes as they become increasingly familiar with a person and the actions that person is demonstrating. The looking patterns of 12- (n = 61) and 16-month-old infants (n = 29) were tracked while they watched videos of an adult presenting novel actions with four different objects three times. A face-to-action ratio in visual attention was calculated for each repetition and summarized as a mean across all videos. The face-to-action ratio increased with each action repetition, indicating that there was an increase in attention to the face relative to the action each additional time the action was demonstrated. Infant’s prior familiarity with the object used was related to face-to-action ratio in 12-month-olds and initial looking behavior was related to face-to-action ratio in the whole sample. Prior familiarity with the presenter, and infant gender and age, were not related to face-to-action ratio. This study has theoretical implications for face preference and action observations in dynamic contexts. |
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| Keywords: | Visual attention Face preference Action observation Eye tracking |
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