| Infants generate goal-based action predictions. | |
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PMID: 22356184 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Predicting the actions of others is critical to smooth social interactions. Prior work suggests that both understanding and anticipation of goal-directed actions appears early in development. In this study, on-line goal prediction was tested explicitly using an adaptation of Woodward's (1998) paradigm for an eye-tracking task. Twenty 11-month-olds were familiarized to movie clips of a hand reaching to grasp one of two objects. Then object locations were swapped, and the hand made an incomplete reach between the objects. Here, infants reliably made their first look from the hand to the familiarized goal object, now in a new location. A separate control condition of 20 infants familiarized to the same movements of an unfamiliar claw revealed the opposite pattern: reliable prediction to the familiarized location, rather than the familiarized object. This study suggests that by 11 months infants actively use goal analysis to generate on-line predictions of an agent's next action. |
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Authors:
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Erin N Cannon; Amanda L Woodward |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Date: 2011-12-03 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Developmental science Volume: 15 ISSN: 1467-7687 ISO Abbreviation: Dev Sci Publication Date: 2012 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2012-02-23 Completed Date: 2012-07-09 Revised Date: 2013-04-01 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9814574 Medline TA: Dev Sci Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 292-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Copyright Information:
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© 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
Affiliation:
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Department of Human Development, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. ecannon@umd.edu |
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Child Development* Child Psychology Comprehension* Concept Formation* Eye Movements Female Goals* Humans Infant Male Photic Stimulation Theory of Mind* Visual Perception* |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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P01 HD064653/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; P01 HD064653/HD/NICHD NIH HHS |
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