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Let's get it together: Infants generate visual predictions based on collaborative goals

Sheila Krogh-Jespersen1, Annette M E Henderson2, Amanda L Woodward3

  • 1Department of Medical Social Science, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60614, United States.

Infant Behavior & Development
|April 24, 2020
PubMed

Insights

Infants understand collaborative actions by 14 months, predicting future behavior based on shared goals. Active participation in collaboration further enhances this understanding in younger infants.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Social Neuroscience

Background:

  • Infants predict individual actions but understanding of multi-partner collaboration is less explored.
  • Collaborative actions require infants to represent individual actions within a shared goal context.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate infants' ability to predict actions based on shared goals in collaborative contexts.
  • To examine developmental changes in understanding collaborative actions and shared goals.

Main Methods:

  • Eye-tracking was used to measure visual predictions of infants' actions.
  • Study 1: 14-month-olds viewed collaborative vs. non-collaborative interactions.
  • Study 2: 11-month-olds' predictions were assessed after a collaborative intervention.

Main Results:

  • 14-month-old infants predicted an individual's actions based on prior collaborative behavior.
  • 11-month-olds demonstrated prediction of shared goals only after direct collaborative engagement.

Conclusions:

  • By the second year of life, infants perceive collaborative actions as goal-directed.
  • Infant's active engagement in collaboration strengthens their understanding of shared goals.

Keywords:
CollaborationEye-trackingGoal understandingInfancySocial cognition

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