We investigated 10-month-old infants’ and adults’ numerical expectations in scenarios where information on self-motion and static object features may give rise to numerically incongruent rep- resentations. A red circle or a blue box with yellow stripes appeared on the left side of a screen, moved autonomously side- ways and then moved back behind the screen. Next, on the oppo- site side, an identical object was first brought in view by a hand and then pushed back behind the screen (Experiments 1 and 2). The screen was finally removed, revealing either one or two objects. Infants looked longer at one-object test events, suggesting that they expected to find two objects. Adults were also shown these animations and were asked for their numerical expectations. Contrary to infants, they expected one single object (Experiment 3). Whereas preverbal infants’ numerical expectations appeared to be dominated by information on object autonomous and induced motion, adults’ expectations were mainly guided by information about object shape, size, and color. These findings were discussed in relation to current models on the development of object individuation processes.

Infants’ use of motion cues in object individuation processes / Decarli, Gisella; Franchin, Laura; Piazza, Manuela; Surian, Luca. - In: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 0022-0965. - 197:104868(2020). [10.1016/j.jecp.2020.104868]

Infants’ use of motion cues in object individuation processes

Decarli, Gisella;Franchin, Laura;Piazza, Manuela;Surian, Luca
2020-01-01

Abstract

We investigated 10-month-old infants’ and adults’ numerical expectations in scenarios where information on self-motion and static object features may give rise to numerically incongruent rep- resentations. A red circle or a blue box with yellow stripes appeared on the left side of a screen, moved autonomously side- ways and then moved back behind the screen. Next, on the oppo- site side, an identical object was first brought in view by a hand and then pushed back behind the screen (Experiments 1 and 2). The screen was finally removed, revealing either one or two objects. Infants looked longer at one-object test events, suggesting that they expected to find two objects. Adults were also shown these animations and were asked for their numerical expectations. Contrary to infants, they expected one single object (Experiment 3). Whereas preverbal infants’ numerical expectations appeared to be dominated by information on object autonomous and induced motion, adults’ expectations were mainly guided by information about object shape, size, and color. These findings were discussed in relation to current models on the development of object individuation processes.
2020
104868
Decarli, Gisella; Franchin, Laura; Piazza, Manuela; Surian, Luca
Infants’ use of motion cues in object individuation processes / Decarli, Gisella; Franchin, Laura; Piazza, Manuela; Surian, Luca. - In: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 0022-0965. - 197:104868(2020). [10.1016/j.jecp.2020.104868]
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