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Object‐centered attention in 8‐month‐old infants
Author(s) -
Johnson Mark H.,
Gilmore Rick O.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
developmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.801
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1467-7687
pISSN - 1363-755X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-7687.00034
Subject(s) - psychology , cued speech , object (grammar) , covert , cognitive psychology , object permanence , visual attention , developmental psychology , cognition , communication , cognitive development , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , linguistics , computer science , philosophy
We examined the extent to which visual orienting in 8‐month‐old infants shows evidence of being guided by object‐based representations. Infants’ preferences to look at conspicuous targets presented on one of two stationary objects were measured following an event (cue) which directed their covert attention to one of the objects. The results indicate that by 8 months of age a cue presented on one part of an object directs attention to the whole object (object‐centered attention). This then affects responses to targets that appear elsewhere on the cued object.