title: The co-development of looking dynamics and discrimination performance.
abstract: The study of looking dynamics and discrimination form the backbone of developmental science and are central processes in theories of infant cognition. Looking dynamics and discrimination change dramatically across the 1st year of life. Surprisingly, developmental changes in looking and discrimination have not been studied together. Recent simulations of a dynamic neural field (DNF) model of infant looking and memory suggest that looking and discrimination do change together over development and arise from a single neurodevelopmental mechanism. We probed this claim by measuring looking dynamics and discrimination along continuous, metrically organized dimensions in 5-, 7-, and 10-month-old infants (N = 119). The results showed that looking dynamics and discrimination changed together over development and are linked within individuals. Quantitative simulations of a DNF model provide insights into the processes that underlie developmental change in looking dynamics and discrimination. Simulation results support the view that these changes might arise from a single neurodevelopmental mechanism.
authors: Department of Psychology and Delta Center, University of Iowa.
authors: Sammy
authors: S
authors: Perone
authors: Department of Psychology and Delta Center, University of Iowa.
authors: John P
authors: JP
authors: Spencer
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D002657:Child Development; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*
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