Orientation Effects in the Development of Linear Object Tracking in Early Infancy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21301478 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diana Su Yun Tham (0000-0003-3963-6404), Alison Rees (0000-0001-9983-9399, Lancaster University), J Gavin Bremner (0000-0001-8068-7057, Lancaster University, corresponding author), Alan Slater (University of Exeter), Scott P Johnson (0000-0003-2970-184X, UCLA) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 324-334 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Child Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-3920 • E-ISSN: 1467-8624 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/cdev.13419 |
| PMID | 32729627 |
| OpenAlex | W3010769553 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
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. Infants tracked oblique trajectories less accurately, but 6-month olds tracked more accurately such that they tracked oblique trajectories as accurately as 4-month olds tracked horizontal and vertical trajectories. Similar results emerged when the object was temporarily occluded. Thus, 4-month olds’ tracking of oblique trajectories may be insufficient to support object persistence, whereas 6-month olds may track sufficiently accurately to perceive object persistence for all trajectory orientations
Cognition · Cognitive development · Computer vision · Eye movement · Geodesy · Geography · Geometry · Horizontal and vertical · Object (grammar) · Object permanence · Oblique case · Orientation (vector space) · Persistence (discontinuity) · Physics · Tracking (education) · Trajectory · Artificial Intelligence · Child and Animal Learning Development · Communication · Computer Science · Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology · Geology · Mathematics · Psychology · Spatial Cognition and Navigation
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |