Early Attention to Animacy: Change-Detection in 11-Month-Olds

Early Attention to Animacy: Change-Detection in 11-Month-Olds

Adults are faster and more accurate at detecting changes to animate compared to inanimate stimuli in a change-detection paradigm. We tested whether 11-month-old children detected changes to animate objects in an image more reliably than they detected changes to inanimate objects. During each trial,...

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Main Authors: Ruth Hofrichter, Hasan Siddiqui, Marcus N. Morrisey, M. D. Rutherford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-06-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/14747049211028220
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spelling doaj-e8917b7afb8a47c28b17506238e2b2f72021-06-28T21:34:50ZengSAGE PublishingEvolutionary Psychology1474-70492021-06-011910.1177/14747049211028220Early Attention to Animacy: Change-Detection in 11-Month-OldsRuth Hofrichter0Hasan Siddiqui1Marcus N. Morrisey2M. D. Rutherford3 Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University. Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaAdults are faster and more accurate at detecting changes to animate compared to inanimate stimuli in a change-detection paradigm. We tested whether 11-month-old children detected changes to animate objects in an image more reliably than they detected changes to inanimate objects. During each trial, infants were habituated to an image of a natural scene. Once the infant habituated, the scene was replaced by a scene that was identical except that a target object was removed. Infants dishabituated significantly more often if an animate target had been removed from the scene. Dishabituation results suggested that infants, like adults, preferentially attend to animate rather than to inanimate objects.https://doi.org/10.1177/14747049211028220
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author Ruth Hofrichter
Hasan Siddiqui
Marcus N. Morrisey
M. D. Rutherford
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Hasan Siddiqui
Marcus N. Morrisey
M. D. Rutherford
Early Attention to Animacy: Change-Detection in 11-Month-Olds
Evolutionary Psychology
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Hasan Siddiqui
Marcus N. Morrisey
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title Early Attention to Animacy: Change-Detection in 11-Month-Olds
title_short Early Attention to Animacy: Change-Detection in 11-Month-Olds
title_full Early Attention to Animacy: Change-Detection in 11-Month-Olds
title_fullStr Early Attention to Animacy: Change-Detection in 11-Month-Olds
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publishDate 2021-06-01
description Adults are faster and more accurate at detecting changes to animate compared to inanimate stimuli in a change-detection paradigm. We tested whether 11-month-old children detected changes to animate objects in an image more reliably than they detected changes to inanimate objects. During each trial, infants were habituated to an image of a natural scene. Once the infant habituated, the scene was replaced by a scene that was identical except that a target object was removed. Infants dishabituated significantly more often if an animate target had been removed from the scene. Dishabituation results suggested that infants, like adults, preferentially attend to animate rather than to inanimate objects.
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