Discrimination of Small Forms in a Deviant-Detection Paradigm by 10-month-old Infants
Using eye tracking, we investigated if 10-month-old infants could discriminate between members of a set of small forms based on geometric properties in a deviant-detection paradigm, as suggested by the idea of a core cognitive system for Euclidian geometry. We also investigated the precision of infa...
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| description | Using eye tracking, we investigated if 10-month-old infants could discriminate between members of a set of small forms based on geometric properties in a deviant-detection paradigm, as suggested by the idea of a core cognitive system for Euclidian geometry. We also investigated the precision of infants' ability to discriminate as well as how the discrimination process unfolds over time. Our results show that infants can discriminate between small forms based on geometrical properties, but only when the difference is sufficiently large. Furthermore, our results also show that it takes infants, on average, <3.5 s to detect a deviant form. Our findings extend previous research in three ways: by showing that infants can make similar discriminative judgments as children and adults with respect to geometric properties; by providing a first crude estimate on the limit of the discriminative abilities in infants, and finally; by providing a first demonstration of how the discrimination process unfolds over time. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-24835a7d9ef54b74adfd300ea27305bd2022-12-22T03:33:36ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782019-05-011010.3389/fpsyg.2019.01032423647Discrimination of Small Forms in a Deviant-Detection Paradigm by 10-month-old InfantsMarcus Lindskog0Maria Rogell1Ben Kenward2Ben Kenward3Gustaf Gredebäck4Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Psychology, Health and Professional Development, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United KingdomDepartment of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenUsing eye tracking, we investigated if 10-month-old infants could discriminate between members of a set of small forms based on geometric properties in a deviant-detection paradigm, as suggested by the idea of a core cognitive system for Euclidian geometry. We also investigated the precision of infants' ability to discriminate as well as how the discrimination process unfolds over time. Our results show that infants can discriminate between small forms based on geometrical properties, but only when the difference is sufficiently large. Furthermore, our results also show that it takes infants, on average, <3.5 s to detect a deviant form. Our findings extend previous research in three ways: by showing that infants can make similar discriminative judgments as children and adults with respect to geometric properties; by providing a first crude estimate on the limit of the discriminative abilities in infants, and finally; by providing a first demonstration of how the discrimination process unfolds over time.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01032/fullgeometryeye-trackinginfantsdeviant-detectionsmall forms |
| spellingShingle | Marcus Lindskog Maria Rogell Ben Kenward Ben Kenward Gustaf Gredebäck Discrimination of Small Forms in a Deviant-Detection Paradigm by 10-month-old Infants Frontiers in Psychology geometry eye-tracking infants deviant-detection small forms |
| title | Discrimination of Small Forms in a Deviant-Detection Paradigm by 10-month-old Infants |
| title_full | Discrimination of Small Forms in a Deviant-Detection Paradigm by 10-month-old Infants |
| title_fullStr | Discrimination of Small Forms in a Deviant-Detection Paradigm by 10-month-old Infants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Discrimination of Small Forms in a Deviant-Detection Paradigm by 10-month-old Infants |
| title_short | Discrimination of Small Forms in a Deviant-Detection Paradigm by 10-month-old Infants |
| title_sort | discrimination of small forms in a deviant detection paradigm by 10 month old infants |
| topic | geometry eye-tracking infants deviant-detection small forms |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01032/full |
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