Young infants' visual fixation patterns in addition and subtraction tasks support an object tracking account

被引：4

作者：

Bremner, J. Gavin ^{[1
]}

Slater, Alan M. ^{[2
]}

Hayes, Rachel A. ^{[2
]}

Mason, Uschi C. ^{[1
]}

Murphy, Caroline ^{[1
]}

Spring, Jo ^{[1
]}

Draper, Lucinda ^{[1
]}

Gaskell, David ^{[1
]}

Johnson, Scott P. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Lancaster, Lancaster LA1 4YW, England

[2] Univ Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QJ, Devon, England

[3] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY | 2017年 / 162卷

基金：

英国经济与社会研究理事会; 美国国家卫生研究院;

关键词：

Addition; Subtraction; Number; Object tracking; Object files; Infant perception; LARGE-NUMBER DISCRIMINATION; 6-MONTH-OLD INFANTS; PERCEPTION; REPRESENTATIONS; ORIGINS; FILES; MODEL;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jecp.2017.05.007

中图分类号：

B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];

学科分类号：

040202 ;

摘要：

Investigating infants' numerical ability is crucial to identifying the developmental origins of numeracy. Wynn (1992) claimed that 5-month-old infants understand addition and subtraction as indicated by longer looking at outcomes that violate numerical operations (i.e., 1 + 1 =1 and 2-1 = 2). However, Wynn's claim was contentious, with others suggesting that her results might reflect a familiarity preference for the initial array or that they could be explained in terms of object tracking. To cast light on this controversy, Wynn's conditions were replicated with conventional looking time supplemented with eye-tracker data. In the incorrect outcome of 2 in a subtraction event (2-1 =2), infants looked selectively at the incorrectly present object, a finding that is not predicted by an initial array preference account or a symbolic numerical account but that is consistent with a perceptual object tracking account. It appears that young infants can track at least one object over occlusion, and this may form the precursor of numerical ability. (C) 2017 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc.

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页码：199 / 208

页数：10

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