J Gavin Bremner
Biographic Data
| ID | 1463927 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Gavin Bremner |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Gavin |
| FAMILY NAME | Bremner |
| SIGNATURE | BREMNER J G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lancaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8068-7057 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Infancy studies come of age
Orientation Effects in the Development of Linear Object Tracking in Early Infancy
Infants' oculomotor tracking develops rapidly but is poorer when there are horizontal and vertical movement components. Additionally, persistence of objects moving through occlusion emerges at 4 months but initially is absent for objects moving obliquely. In two experiments, we recorded eye movements of thirty-two 4-month-old and thirty-two 6-month-old infants (mainly Caucasian-White) tracking horizontal, vertical, and oblique trajectories. Infan…
What’s in a Look? How Can We Best Measure Infants’ Response to Incongruity
Limits of Object Persistence
Previous research indicated that 4‐month‐old infants perceive continuity of objects moving on horizontal trajectories but appear to have difficulty processing occlusion events involving oblique trajectories. However, because perception of continuity of vertical trajectories has not been tested, it is uncertain whether this indicates a specific deficit for oblique trajectories or a specific advantage for horizontal trajectories. We evaluated the c…
Trajectory perception and object continuity
Previous work has demonstrated that infants use object trajectory continuity as a cue to the constant identity of an object, but results are equivocal regarding the role of object features, with some work suggesting that a change in the appearance of an object does not cue a change in identity. In an experiment involving 72 participants, we investigated the effects of changing object shape and color, singly and in combination, on 4-month-olds' pe…
Newborn Infants' Preference for Attractive Faces
Several previous experiments have found that newborn and young infants will spend more time looking at attractive faces when these are shown paired with faces judged by adults to be unattractive. Two experimental conditions are described with the aim of finding whether the “attractiveness effect” results from attention to internal or external facial features, or both. Pairs of attractive and less attractive faces (as judged by adults) were shown …
On the Baby and the Bath Water
Ecological approaches to development provide a challenge to conventional approaches. In particular, ecological realist approaches question the need for the concept of representation in early cognitive development, suggesting reality is directly perceived without the need for mental mediation, and dynamic systems approaches are showing how direct perception may be integrated with action during development to lead to developmental changes in compet…
Object tracking and search in infancy
Egocentric versus allocentric spatial coding in nine-month-old infants
Presented 32 9-mo-old infants with a problem in which they saw an object hidden in 1 of 2 places but were prevented from searching for it until after the spatial relationship between infant and object had been changed in some way. Findings show the following: (a) Previous search experience at 1 place promoted response perseveration or egocentric spatial coding on later trials. (b) Infants were better at locating the object after they had moved th…
Spatial errors made by infants
Nine month old infants search correctly for an object which they have seen hidden in one position, but cease to do so after they have been moved to the opposite side of the display, searching instead at a position which is apparently defined egocentrically from their experience before movement. This error can be explained on the one hand in terms of response dependence or egocentrism, or on the other hand as due to a lack of adequate spatial cues…
Egocentric versus allocentric spatial coding in nine-month-old infants
Presented 32 9-mo-old infants with a problem in which they saw an object hidden in 1 of 2 places but were prevented from searching for it until after the spatial relationship between infant and object had been changed in some way. Findings show the following: (a) Previous search experience at 1 place promoted response perseveration or egocentric spatial coding on later trials. (b) Infants were better at locating the object after they had moved th…
Spatial errors made by infants
Nine month old infants search correctly for an object which they have seen hidden in one position, but cease to do so after they have been moved to the opposite side of the display, searching instead at a position which is apparently defined egocentrically from their experience before movement. This error can be explained on the one hand in terms of response dependence or egocentrism, or on the other hand as due to a lack of adequate spatial cues…
Trajectory perception and object continuity
Previous work has demonstrated that infants use object trajectory continuity as a cue to the constant identity of an object, but results are equivocal regarding the role of object features, with some work suggesting that a change in the appearance of an object does not cue a change in identity. In an experiment involving 72 participants, we investigated the effects of changing object shape and color, singly and in combination, on 4-month-olds' pe…
Egocentric versus allocentric spatial coding in nine-month-old infants
Presented 32 9-mo-old infants with a problem in which they saw an object hidden in 1 of 2 places but were prevented from searching for it until after the spatial relationship between infant and object had been changed in some way. Findings show the following: (a) Previous search experience at 1 place promoted response perseveration or egocentric spatial coding on later trials. (b) Infants were better at locating the object after they had moved th…
Spatial errors made by infants
Nine month old infants search correctly for an object which they have seen hidden in one position, but cease to do so after they have been moved to the opposite side of the display, searching instead at a position which is apparently defined egocentrically from their experience before movement. This error can be explained on the one hand in terms of response dependence or egocentrism, or on the other hand as due to a lack of adequate spatial cues…
Object tracking and search in infancy
On the Baby and the Bath Water
Ecological approaches to development provide a challenge to conventional approaches. In particular, ecological realist approaches question the need for the concept of representation in early cognitive development, suggesting reality is directly perceived without the need for mental mediation, and dynamic systems approaches are showing how direct perception may be integrated with action during development to lead to developmental changes in compet…
Newborn Infants' Preference for Attractive Faces
Several previous experiments have found that newborn and young infants will spend more time looking at attractive faces when these are shown paired with faces judged by adults to be unattractive. Two experimental conditions are described with the aim of finding whether the “attractiveness effect” results from attention to internal or external facial features, or both. Pairs of attractive and less attractive faces (as judged by adults) were shown …
Trajectory perception and object continuity
Previous work has demonstrated that infants use object trajectory continuity as a cue to the constant identity of an object, but results are equivocal regarding the role of object features, with some work suggesting that a change in the appearance of an object does not cue a change in identity. In an experiment involving 72 participants, we investigated the effects of changing object shape and color, singly and in combination, on 4-month-olds' pe…
Limits of Object Persistence
Previous research indicated that 4‐month‐old infants perceive continuity of objects moving on horizontal trajectories but appear to have difficulty processing occlusion events involving oblique trajectories. However, because perception of continuity of vertical trajectories has not been tested, it is uncertain whether this indicates a specific deficit for oblique trajectories or a specific advantage for horizontal trajectories. We evaluated the c…
What’s in a Look? How Can We Best Measure Infants’ Response to Incongruity
Infancy studies come of age
Orientation Effects in the Development of Linear Object Tracking in Early Infancy
Infants' oculomotor tracking develops rapidly but is poorer when there are horizontal and vertical movement components. Additionally, persistence of objects moving through occlusion emerges at 4 months but initially is absent for objects moving obliquely. In two experiments, we recorded eye movements of thirty-two 4-month-old and thirty-two 6-month-old infants (mainly Caucasian-White) tracking horizontal, vertical, and oblique trajectories. Infan…
Psychology (10 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (8 works) · Cognition (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Spatial Cognition and Navigation (6 works) · Artificial Intelligence (5 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Cognitive development (4 works) · Communication (4 works)