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Erin N Cannon1, Amanda L Woodward, Gustaf Gredebäck, Claes von Hofsten, Colleen Turek.
Abstract
Recent work implicates a link between action control systems and action understanding. In this study, we investigated the role of the motor system in the development of visual anticipation of others' actions. Twelve-month-olds engaged in behavioral and observation tasks. Containment activity, infants' spontaneous engagement in producing containment actions; and gaze latency, how quickly they shifted gaze to the goal object of another's containment actions, were measured. Findings revealed a positive relationship: infants who received the behavior task first evidenced a strong correlation between their own actions and their subsequent gaze latency of another's actions. Learning over the course of trials was not evident. These findings demonstrate a direct influence of the motor system on online visual attention to others' actions early in development.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22251290 PMCID: PMC3261504 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01095.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Dev Sci ISSN: 1363-755X