Infants Segment Continuous Events Using Transitional Probabilities.
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| Title: | Infants Segment Continuous Events Using Transitional Probabilities. |
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| Authors: | Stahl, Aimee E., Romberg, Alexa R., Roseberry, Sarah, Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick, Hirsh‐Pasek, Kathryn |
| Source: | Child Development. Sep/Oct2014, Vol. 85 Issue 5, p1821-1826. 6p. 1 Diagram, 2 Charts. |
| Subjects: | Infant psychology, Human information processing in children, Perception in infants, Cognition in infants, Prompts (Psychology), Learning |
| Abstract: | Throughout their 1st year, infants adeptly detect statistical structure in their environment. However, little is known about whether statistical learning is a primary mechanism for event segmentation. This study directly tests whether statistical learning alone is sufficient to segment continuous events. Twenty-eight 7- to 9-month-old infants viewed a sequence of continuous actions performed by a novel agent in which there were no transitional movements that could have constrained the possible upcoming actions. At test, infants distinguished statistically intact units from less predictable ones. The ability to segment events using statistical structure may help infants discover other cues to event boundaries, such as intentions, and carve up the world of continuous motion in meaningful ways. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | Throughout their 1st year, infants adeptly detect statistical structure in their environment. However, little is known about whether statistical learning is a primary mechanism for event segmentation. This study directly tests whether statistical learning alone is sufficient to segment continuous events. Twenty-eight 7- to 9-month-old infants viewed a sequence of continuous actions performed by a novel agent in which there were no transitional movements that could have constrained the possible upcoming actions. At test, infants distinguished statistically intact units from less predictable ones. The ability to segment events using statistical structure may help infants discover other cues to event boundaries, such as intentions, and carve up the world of continuous motion in meaningful ways. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00093920 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.12247 |
