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ERIC Number: EJ995545
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0885-2014
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Young Children Show a Dissociation in Looking and Pointing Behavior in Falling Events
Lee, Vivian; Kuhlmeier, Valerie A.
Cognitive Development, v28 n1 p21-30 Jan-Mar 2013
Studies of social cognitive reasoning have demonstrated instances of children engaging in eye gaze patterns toward correct answers even when pointing or verbal responses are directed toward incorrect answers. Findings such as these have spawned seminal theories, yet no consensus has been reached regarding the characteristics of the knowledge guiding these responses. We tested 2-year-olds' eye gaze and pointing behavior in an occluded falling event to examine these behaviors within the domain of physical reasoning. In the simplest variant of the task, all children showed correct gaze to the final location of a ball dropped down a curved tube, but only a subset of these children pointed to the correct location. (Others pointed reliably to a location directly below the release point.) With two tubes, all children directed the majority of looking and pointing responses to this erroneous location. The findings are considered in relation to existing models of representational change. (Contains 2 figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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