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The Effect of Simulated Self Versus Object Movement in a Nonsearch Task
Author(s) -
Schmuckler Mark A.,
Jewell Stephanie
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
infancy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.361
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1532-7078
pISSN - 1525-0008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-7078.2007.tb00229.x
Subject(s) - psychology , movement (music) , object permanence , object (grammar) , habituation , orientation (vector space) , mental rotation , contrast (vision) , cognitive psychology , communication , task (project management) , computer vision , artificial intelligence , cognition , computer science , cognitive development , mathematics , philosophy , geometry , management , neuroscience , economics , aesthetics , psychotherapist
This study examined 6‐month‐old infants' abilities to use the visual information provided by simulated self‐movement through the world, and movement of an object through the world, for spatial orientation. Infants were habituated to a visual display in which they saw a toy hidden, followed by either rotation of the point of observation through the world (simulated self‐movement) or movement of the object itself through the world (object movement). Following habituation, infants saw test displays in which the hidden toy reappeared at the correct or incorrect location, relative to the earlier movements. Infants habituated to simulated self‐movement looked longer at the recovery of the toy from an incorrect, relative to correct location. In contrast, infants habituated to object movement showed no differential looking to either correct or incorrect test displays. These findings are discussed within a theoretical framework of spatial orientation emphasizing the availability and use of spatial information.