Priming infants to use pattern information in an object individuation task
The role of comparison
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9785939 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Teresa Wilcox (0000-0002-8390-5125, Texas A&M University, corresponding author), Tracy Smith (0000-0003-3579-9679), Tracy R Smith, Rebecca J Woods (0000-0002-4589-1447), Rebecca Woods |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 886-897 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0021792 |
| PMID | 21142357 |
| PMCID | PMC3457801 |
| OpenAlex | W2091441508 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 11 |
There is evidence that 4.5-month-olds do not always use surface pattern to individuate objects but that they can be primed to attend to pattern differences through select experiences. For example, if infants are first shown events in which the pattern of an object predicts its function (dotted containers pound and striped containers pour), they will attend to pattern differences in a subsequent individuation task. However, 4.5-month-olds must see multiple exemplars of the pound and pour events and view the dotted and striped containers together during the events. These results suggest that it is the formation of event categories, in which pattern is linked to object function, that supports pattern priming and that direct comparison of the exemplars facilitates the extraction of event categories. The present research investigated conditions that support the comparison process in 4.5-month-olds. The results revealed that the comparison process was initiated only when the dotted and striped containers were seen directly adjacent to each other; if the containers sat far apart, so that infants had to shift their gaze to compare them, event categories were not extracted. In addition, it was comparison of the two patterned containers, and not comparison of the two function events, that was critical to the formation of event categories. These results join a growing body of research indicating the importance of comparison to category formation in infants and reveal the impact of categorization and comparison processes on object individuation in infancy
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |