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Locomotor experience significantly influences visual proprioception in infants. Early movement training enhances infants' ability to perceive self-motion, impacting their postural control and emotional responses.

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Area of Science:

Developmental Psychology
Infant Motor Development
Sensory Perception

Background:

Visual proprioception, the sense of self-motion from optic flow, is crucial for development.
Understanding its ontogeny in infants is vital for developmental insights.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the causal role of locomotor experience on visual proprioception in 8-month-old infants.
To determine if developing motor skills influences how infants perceive self-motion.

Main Methods:

Two studies utilized a moving room apparatus to present optic flow stimuli.
Study 1 compared responses of creeping/walking infants to prelocomotor infants.
Study 2 involved random assignment of prelocomotor infants to a locomotor training group or a control group.

Main Results:

Infants with locomotor experience (creeping/walking) showed greater postural and emotional responses to visual stimuli compared to prelocomotor infants.
Locomotor training via a powered mobility device significantly enhanced visual proprioception in prelocomotor infants.

Conclusions:

Locomotor experience plays a causal role in the development of visual proprioception.
Motor development is intrinsically linked to the maturation of self-motion perception in infants.