Priming infants to attend to color and pattern information in an individuation task

Wilcox, Teresa; Chapa, Catherine

doi:10.1016/s0010-0277(03)00147-1

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“…Although the mechanism responsible for infants' increased sensitivity to height information in the study by is probably different from that responsible for infants' increased sensitivity to color information in the study by 2 We use priming as a general term defined by cognitive scientists as "the enhancement of the processing of a stimulus as a function of prior exposure" (Anderson, 2005). Wilcox and Chapa (2004), these results provide converging evidence for the idea that infants' object representations are flexible and can be altered by recent experiences.…”

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Multisensory exploration and object individuation in infancy.

Wilcox

Woods

Chapa

et al. 2007

Developmental Psychology

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Recent research indicates that by 4.5 months, infants use shape and size information as the basis for individuating objects but that it is not until 11.5 months that they use color information for this purpose. The present experiments investigated the extent to which infants' sensitivity to color information could be increased through select experiences. Five experiments were conducted with 10.5-and 9.5-month-olds. The results revealed that multimodal (visual and tactile), but not unimodal (visual only), exploration of the objects prior to the individuation task increased 10.5-month-olds' sensitivity to color differences. These results suggest that multisensory experience with objects facilitates infants' use of color information when individuating objects. In contrast, 9.5-month-olds did not benefit from the multisensory procedure; possible explanations for this finding are explored. Together, these results reveal how an everyday experience-combined visual and tactile exploration of objects-can promote infants' use of color information as the basis for individuating objects. More broadly, these results shed light on the nature of infants' object representations and the cognitive mechanisms that support infants' changing sensitivity to color differences.

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Multisensory exploration and object individuation in infancy.

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Chapa

et al. 2007

Developmental Psychology

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“…Wilcox and her colleagues (Wilcox & Chapa, 2004;Wilcox et al, 2007) have argued that the developmental hierarchy observed in object individuation tasks reflects, at least to some extent, infants' experiences in the physical world. Typically, the color of an object is arbitrary and of little predictive value.…”

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“…On the basis of evidence that infants use function-related information to guide learning about objects Wilcox and Chapa (2004) assessed the extent to which infants' sensitivity to color information could be altered by linking color to object function. In a series of experiments, infants were presented with events, prior to an individuation task, in which the color of an object predicted the function in which it would engage (Wilcox & Chapa, 2004).…”

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“…In a series of experiments, infants were presented with events, prior to an individuation task, in which the color of an object predicted the function in which it would engage (Wilcox & Chapa, 2004). For example, in one experiment, 9.5-month-olds saw two pairs of pretest events; each pair consisted of a pound event and a pour event ( Fig.…”

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“…One approach has been to identify experiences that can alter the type of information to which infants attend when interpreting physical events (Baillargeon, 2004;Needham, 2000;Needham, Barrett, & Peterman, 2002;Wilcox & Chapa, 2004;Wilcox, Woods, Chapa, & McCurry, 2007). For example, Needham (2000) documented manipulatory experiences that facilitate object segregation in 3.5-month-olds; identified experiences that facilitate 8-month-olds' use of height information when interpreting uncovering events; and Wilcox and her colleagues (Wilcox & Chapa, 2004;Wilcox et al, 2007) reported experiences that increase 4.5-to 10.5-month-olds' sensitivity to surface features in an object individuation task. Identification of the kinds of experiences that can alter the type of information to which infants attend when forming object representations, and that infants then bring to bear when interpreting events involving those objects, can provide insight into the factors that influence the content of infants' object representations.…”

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Color–function categories that prime infants to use color information in an object individuation task

Wilcox

Woods

Chapa

2008

Cognitive Psychology

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There is evidence for developmental hierarchies in the type of information to which infants attend when reasoning about objects. Investigators have questioned the origin of these hierarchies and how infants come to identify new sources of information when reasoning about objects. The goal of the present experiments was to shed light on this debate by identifying conditions under which infants' sensitivity to color information, which is slow to emerge, could be enhanced in an object individuation task. The outcome of Experiment 1 confirmed and extended previous reports that 9.5-month-olds can be primed, through exposure to events in which the color of an object predicts its function, to attend to color differences in a subsequent individuation task. The outcomes of Experiments 2 to 4 revealed age-related changes in the nature of the representations that support color priming. This is exemplified by three main findings. First, the representations that are formed during the colorfunction events are relatively specific. That is, infants are primed to use the color difference seen in the color-function events to individuate objects in the test events, but not other color differences. Second, 9.5-month-olds can be led to form more abstract event representations, and then generalize to other colors in the test events if they are shown multiple pairs of colors in the color-function events. Third, slightly younger 9-month-olds also can be led to form more inclusive categories with multiple color pairs, but only when they are allowed to directly compare the exemplars in each color pair during the present events. These results shed light on the development of categorization abilities, cognitive mechanisms that support color-function priming, and the kinds of experiences that can increase infants' sensitivity to color information.

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Perceptual Development

Johnson

Hannon

2015

Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science

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Infants' perceptual systems are the primary means to acquire and interpret knowledge about events, objects, and people in the world around them. This chapter begins with discussion of theories of perceptual development and its consequences for children's cognitive and social development. We then discuss neural foundations of perception and the emergence and maturation of sensory systems before and after birth, followed by detailed sections on audition, vision, and intermodal perception. Throughout, we focus on questions of how the developing child extracts meaningful information from the sensory array—that is, how the observer detects, synthesizes, and interprets sensory input so as to yield perception of structured events and objects—and how effects of experience on perceptual development interact with developmental timing and what has already been acquired. We focus also on developmental mechanisms—growth, experience, and learning—and we examine as well the malleability, or plasticity, of perceptual systems during development. The chapter concludes with discussion of how different theoretical views may be reconciled in light of the developing child in a wider context.

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Priming infants to attend to color and pattern information in an individuation task

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Multisensory exploration and object individuation in infancy.

Multisensory exploration and object individuation in infancy.

Color–function categories that prime infants to use color information in an object individuation task

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