TY - JOUR
T1 - Facing the perfect contingency: interactions with the self at 2 and 3 months
AU - Reddy, Vasu
AU - Chisholm, V.
AU - Forrester, Dave
AU - Conforti, M.
AU - Maniatopoulou, D.
PY - 2007/5
Y1 - 2007/5
N2 - We used a double video Live-Replay-Live procedure to explore self–self interactions in fourteen 9-week-old infants, repeated at 13-weeks with 10 of these infants. Using multiple measures of behavioural response we found that (1) in all cases where age effects held, duration of response was greater at 9- than at 13-weeks, (2) infants’ responses differed according to whether or not self-images were Live or Replay, and (3) age and condition interacted to influence infants’ responses. At 9 (but not 13) weeks, the two Live conditions correlated with each other but not with the Replay condition on some measures, indicating that infants apprehended the visual-proprioceptive contingency provided by their actions. Also at 9-weeks only, all infants showed reversals in visual attention with evidence for a bi-modal pattern: 8 preferring the Live conditions and 6 the Replay condition. An explanation based on familiarity and increasing disinterest with specific contexts is suggested.
AB - We used a double video Live-Replay-Live procedure to explore self–self interactions in fourteen 9-week-old infants, repeated at 13-weeks with 10 of these infants. Using multiple measures of behavioural response we found that (1) in all cases where age effects held, duration of response was greater at 9- than at 13-weeks, (2) infants’ responses differed according to whether or not self-images were Live or Replay, and (3) age and condition interacted to influence infants’ responses. At 9 (but not 13) weeks, the two Live conditions correlated with each other but not with the Replay condition on some measures, indicating that infants apprehended the visual-proprioceptive contingency provided by their actions. Also at 9-weeks only, all infants showed reversals in visual attention with evidence for a bi-modal pattern: 8 preferring the Live conditions and 6 the Replay condition. An explanation based on familiarity and increasing disinterest with specific contexts is suggested.
U2 - 10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.02.009
DO - 10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.02.009
M3 - Article
SN - 0163-6383
VL - 30
SP - 195
EP - 212
JO - Infant Behavior and Development
JF - Infant Behavior and Development
IS - 2
ER -