The development of visual attention in early infancy: Insights from a free‐viewing paradigm
2022-01-03 | journal article; research paper. A publication with affiliation to the University of Göttingen.
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The development of visual attention in early infancy: Insights from a free‐viewing paradigm
Krieber‐Tomantschger, M.; Pokorny, F. B.; Krieber‐Tomantschger, I.; Langmann, L.; Poustka, L.; Zhang, D. & Treue, S. et al. (2022)
Infancy, 27(2) pp. 433-458. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12449
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- Authors
- Krieber‐Tomantschger, Magdalena; Pokorny, Florian B.; Krieber‐Tomantschger, Iris; Langmann, Laura; Poustka, Luise; Zhang, Dajie; Treue, Stefan; Tanzer, Norbert K.; Einspieler, Christa; Marschik, Peter B. ; Körner, Christof
- Abstract
- Theories of visual attention suggest a cascading development of subfunctions such as alertness, spatial orientation, attention to object features, and endogenous control. Here, we aimed to track infants’ visual developmental steps from a primarily exogenously to more endogenously controlled processing style during their first months of life. In this repeated measures study, 51 infants participated in seven fortnightly assessments at postterm ages of 4–16 weeks. Infants were presented with the same set of static and dynamic paired comparison stimuli in each assessment. Visual behavior was evaluated by a newly introduced scoring scheme. Our results confirmed the suggested visual developmental hierarchy and clearly demonstrated the suitability of our scoring scheme for documenting developmental changes in visual attention during early infancy. Besides the general ontogenetic course of development, we also discuss intra‐ and interindividual differences which may affect single assessments, and highlight the importance of repeated measurements for reliable evaluation of developmental changes.
- Issue Date
- 3-January-2022
- Journal
- Infancy
- Project
- SFB 1528: Kognition der Interaktion
- Organization
- Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie ; Universitätsmedizin Göttingen ; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen ; Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus Primatenkognition ; Fakultät für Biologie und Psychologie ; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen ; Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Göttingen
- ISSN
- 1525-0008
- eISSN
- 1532-7078
- Language
- English
- Sponsor
- Austrian Science Fund http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002428
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