Indirect landmark use at 6 months of age in a spatial orientation task |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Restorative Sciences, Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA;2. Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC;3. Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA;2. Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America;1. Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn, D-53105 Bonn, Germany;2. Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology, University of Bonn, D-53113 Bonn, Germany;3. Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS, D-53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany;4. Department of Neuropsychology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, D-44801 Bochum, Germany;5. German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), D-53175 Bonn, Germany |
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| Abstract: | It was hypothesized that 6-month-old infants may be able to use indirect landmarks to locate a goal if (a) the landmarks are sufficiently distinctive and (b) the goal location is between landmarks, rather than on the opposite side of the space as was used in earlier research. Six-month-old infants were tested in a peekaboo paradigm in which they had to turn to a target location after displacement to a novel position. Infants looked to the goal location significantly more in a beacon and an indirect landmarks condition relative to a control and a single landmark condition. These results are discussed in terms of current theories of spatial development. |
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