NDLI: Pulling out the intentional structure of action: the relation between action processing and action production in infancy

Content Provider	PubMed Central
Author	Sommerville, Jessica A. Woodward, Amanda L.
Copyright Year	2004
Abstract	Adults and children readily construct action representations organized with respect to an ultimate goal. These representations allow one to predict the consequences of action, interpret and describe actions, and categorize action sequences. In this paper, we explore the ontogeny of hierarchically organized action representations, and its relation to infants’ ability to produce similar sequences. To do so, we examine infants’ perception and performance of a means-end sequence: pulling a cloth to retrieve a toy. Using a visual habituation paradigm, we demonstrate that 12-month-old infants understand that the initial step of the cloth-pulling sequence is directed toward the ultimate goal of attaining the toy, and use their knowledge of the causal constraints of the sequence to make this goal attribution. Ten-month-olds, however, appear transitional with respect to this understanding: their ability to identify the goal of the cloth-pulling sequence is related to their own ability to planfully solve a similar sequence. These findings are consistent with a burgeoning body of literature suggesting an intimate link between action production and perception, and suggest that this link is in place by at least 10 months of age.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2003.12.004
Ending Page	30
Page Count	30
Starting Page	1
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00100277
e-ISSN	18737838
Journal	Cognition
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	95
Language	English
Publisher Date	2005-02-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Linguistics and Language Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience Developmental and Educational Psychology Linguistics and Language

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