title: Preschoolers' oculomotor behaviour during their observation of an action task.
abstract: Adult and child oculomotor behaviour was measured during the observation of a naturalistic action task. Adult and 4-year-old participants viewed a video presentation of an actor making a root-beer float. Eye movements were monitored to examine fixation patterns during a series of means-end action sequences. Look-ahead fixations (i.e., gaze anticipation) were measured to determine if children would saccade to the goal site prior to the completion of each action sequence as adults do. Look-ahead fixations were observed in both the adult and child groups, with no significant age differences found in levels of gaze anticipation.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Morgante
authors.forename: Jeffrey M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Keen