TY - JOUR
T1 - Detection of the relevant type of locomotion in infancy
T2 - Crawlers versus walkers
AU - Sanefuji, Wakako
AU - Ohgami, Hidehiro
AU - Hashiya, Kazuhide
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - Human infants show a preference for individuals who are similar to them. Using point-light displays of human walkers and crawlers as stimuli, we examined whether infants' preference for the motions of crawling and walking changes between, before, and after the onset of bipedal walking. The results show that crawling and walking infants prefer the types of locomotion that are similar to their own, respectively. These indicate that the infants detect the similarities between the motions they performed and they observed, which provides the behavioral evidence that the production of a particular motion is connected to its perception in infancy.
AB - Human infants show a preference for individuals who are similar to them. Using point-light displays of human walkers and crawlers as stimuli, we examined whether infants' preference for the motions of crawling and walking changes between, before, and after the onset of bipedal walking. The results show that crawling and walking infants prefer the types of locomotion that are similar to their own, respectively. These indicate that the infants detect the similarities between the motions they performed and they observed, which provides the behavioral evidence that the production of a particular motion is connected to its perception in infancy.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.infbeh.2008.07.003
DO - 10.1016/j.infbeh.2008.07.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 18771803
AN - SCOPUS:54949129090
SN - 0163-6383
VL - 31
SP - 624
EP - 628
JO - Infant Behavior and Development
JF - Infant Behavior and Development
IS - 4
ER -