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Gaze, Goals And Growing Up: Effects On Imitative Grasping, Sonja P. Brubacher, Kim P. Roberts, Sukhvinder S. Obhi
Gaze, Goals And Growing Up: Effects On Imitative Grasping, Sonja P. Brubacher, Kim P. Roberts, Sukhvinder S. Obhi
Psychology Faculty Publications
Developmental differences in the use of social-attention cues to imitation were examined among children aged 3- and 6-years old (n = 58) and adults (n = 29). In each of 20 trials, participants watched a model grasp two objects simultaneously and move them together. On every trial, the model directed her gaze towards only one of the objects. Some object pairs were related and had a clear functional goal outcome (e.g., flower, vase), while others were functionally unrelated (e.g., cardboard square, ladybug). Owing to attentional effects of eye gaze, it was expected that all participants would more faithfully …