婴儿和成年期的身体结构处理和注意力模式
Rachel Jubran1, Hannah White2, Alison Heck3
1University of Montevallo, Montevallo, Alabama, USA.
概括
五个月大的婴儿,像成年人一样,表现出对身体部位位置的意识. 身体感知中的这个发展里程碑在3.5到5个月之间出现.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学是发展心理学.
- 认知神经科学是一种认知神经科学.
- 人类的感知人类的感知.
背景情况:
- 婴儿在3.5个月时表现出对全身结构的敏感性.
- 目前尚不清楚这种敏感性是否反映了对特定身体部位位置或整体身体姿态的知识.
- 了解身体部位局部化的发展对于认知发展研究至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查婴儿是否在重组时注意特定的身体部位位置,类似于成年人.
- 为了确定5个月大的孩子是否与3.5个月大的孩子不同,对身体部位的位置表现出敏感性.
- 探索低级特征在婴儿身体部位处理中的作用.
主要方法:
- 成人和婴儿 (3.5个月和5个月) 观看了典型和重组的身体配置图像.
- 通过检查参与者将目光集中在哪里来衡量注意力.
- 用一个对照条件,对5个月大的孩子进行测试,用去掉头部的图像来评估基于特征的处理.
主要成果:
- 成人和5个月大的孩子比典型的孩子更关注重组的身体关节区域.
- 3.5个月的孩子对重组的身体部位和典型的身体部位没有表现出差异性的注意力.
- 5个月大的孩子的注意力差异在头部被移除后消失了,这表明对特定身体部位的敏感性.
结论:
- 五个月大的婴儿表现出对身体部位位置的敏感性,反映了成年人的反应模式.
- 这表明身体处理的早期专业知识和在3.5到5个月之间发生的发育转变.
- 婴儿的身体感知发展涉及到特定的身体部位位置,而不仅仅是整体的配置.
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