The Development of Infants' Expectations for Event Timing

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dc.contributor.advisorAdler, Scott A.
dc.creatorComishen, Kyle Joseph
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-28T12:52:56Z
dc.date.available2018-05-28T12:52:56Z
dc.date.copyright2017-12-12
dc.date.issued2018-05-28
dc.date.updated2018-05-28T12:52:56Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology(Functional Area: Developmental Science)
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThe ability to process and incorporate temporal information into behaviour is necessary for functioning in our environment. While previous research has extended adults temporal processing capacity onto infants, little research has examined young infants capacity to incorporate temporal information into their behaviours. The present study examined 3- and 6-month-old infants ability to process temporal durations of 700 and 1200 milliseconds by means of an eye tracking cueing task. If 3- and 6-month-old infants can discriminate centrally-presented temporal cues, then they should be able to correctly make anticipatory eye movements to the location of succeeding targets at a rate above chance. The results indicated that 6-, but not 3-month-old infants were able to successfully discriminate and incorporate temporal information into their visual expectations of predictable temporal events. Brain maturation and the emergence of functional significance for processing temporal events on the scale of hundreds of milliseconds may account for these findings.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/34533
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectDevelopmental psychology
dc.subject.keywordsPsychology
dc.subject.keywordsCognitive development
dc.subject.keywordsInfant
dc.subject.keywordsTime perception
dc.subject.keywordsVisual expectations
dc.subject.keywordsAnticipatory eye movements
dc.subject.keywordsEye tracking
dc.titleThe Development of Infants' Expectations for Event Timing
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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