The development of reaching and looking preferences in infants to objects of different sizes

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9786715
AutoresChristopher B Newman (0000-0001-9144-056X, University College London, autor de correspondencia), Christopher Newman, Janette Atkinson (0000-0003-2376-2887), Oliver Braddick (0000-0002-7540-171X)
Año2001
Volumen37
Número4
Páginas561-572
Fecha de publicación2001-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDevelopmental Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037//0012-1649.37.4.561
PMID11444491
OpenAlexW2038476873
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas37

Reaching and looking preferences and movement kinematics were recorded in 5-15-month-old infants, who were divided into 3 age groups. Infants were presented with pairs of cylinders of 3 different diameters: small (1-cm diameter), medium (2.5-cm diameter), and large (6-cm diameter). Whereas infants between 5 and 12 months of age showed a preference for looking first at the large object, a significant preference for reaching to smaller (graspable) objects was observed in 81/2-12-month-old infants. Kinematic measures suggest that the onset of object-oriented action requires a slowing down of the reach and an extended "homing-in" phase. The divergent looking and reaching preferences in infants at different ages may reflect a dissociation during development of visual processing streams subserving object-related action from those related to visual orienting.

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