12 Oct
2011
12 Oct
'11
1:32 p.m.
The next talk in the CDC Seminar series will be given by:
Szilvia Bíró, University of Leiden
Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 5 PM
Location: Cognitive Development Center at CEU, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor
PLEASE NOTE: Our seminar room has a limited capacity. Please try to
arrive early to ensure you get a seat! The talk will begin promptly at
5.
The primacy of means selection over outcome selection information in
infants' goal attribution
Abstract: To interpret an observed action as goal-directed one can
make use of two types of information in a given situation. One type of
information consists of the observation that, to achieve the goal, the
actor adjusts the action to the situational constraints ("means
selection"). The other type of information is the availability of
alternative outcomes and the expression of a preference for a
particular outcome by the actor's action ("outcome selection"). I will
talk about three studies in which we investigated the relationship
between the two types of information in infants' goal attribution. The
first study showed that ambiguous means selection information prevents
infants from relying on unambiguous outcome selection information to
interpret an action as goal-directed. The second study demonstrated
that infants can transfer their goal-directed action interpretation
from a situation that contains only means selection information to a
situation in which outcome selection information becomes available.
The third study indicated that infants' anticipatory looking toward
the outcome of an action is influenced by the ambiguity of means
selection information. Together, these studies suggest that means
selection information takes primacy over outcome selection information
in infants' interpretation of actions.
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