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7 - Infant Visual Attention

from Part II - Perceptual Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2020

By
Dima Amso  and
Kristen Tummeltshammer
Edited by
Jeffrey J. Lockman  and
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Jeffrey J. Lockman
Affiliation:
Tulane University, Louisiana
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Affiliation:
New York University
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Summary

From the moment infants open their eyes, they are confronted with a continuous stream of objects, people, sounds, and events that comprise their world. Some are adaptive to attend to and others are not (Gibson, 2000; Werchan & Amso, 2017). They will rely heavily on these observations to build the internal representations that will shape their future behavior. In this chapter, we review the development of infant visual attention, and the role this development plays in the remarkable achievements of infancy.

Keywords

Infant eye movementseye-trackinginfant NIRSinfant EEGspatial attentionobejct-based attentionsustained attentioninfant heart rate in attentioninfant saccadic eye movementsneural mechanisms of infant attention;
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The Cambridge Handbook of Infant Development
Brain, Behavior, and Cultural Context
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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