Effects of reinforcement learning on gaze following of gaze and head direction in early infancy: An interactive eye-tracking study

Autor(en)
Christine Michel, Ezgi Kayhan, Sabina Pauen, Stefanie Hoehl
Abstrakt

The current four experiments investigated gaze following behavior in response to gaze and head turns in 4-month-olds and how reinforcement learning influences this behavior (N = 99). Using interactive eye tracking, infants’ gaze elicited an animation whenever infants followed a person’s head or gaze orientation (Experiment 1.1, 2.1 and 2.2) or looked at the opposite side (Experiment 1.2). Infants spontaneously followed the direction of a turning head with and without simultaneously shifted gaze direction (Cohen’s d: 0.93–1.05) but not the direction of isolated gaze shifts. We only found a weak effect of reinforcement on gaze following in one of the four experiments. Results will be discussed with regard to the impact of reinforcement on the maintenance of already existing gaze following behavior.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Psychologie der Entwicklung und Bildung
Externe Organisation(en)
Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften, Universität Heidelberg, Universität Leipzig, Universität Potsdam
Journal
Child Development
Band
92
Seiten
e364-e382
Anzahl der Seiten
19
ISSN
0009-3920
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13497
Publikationsdatum
07-2021
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
501005 Entwicklungspsychologie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Link zum Portal
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/effects-of-reinforcement-learning-on-gaze-following-of-gaze-and-head-direction-in-early-infancy-an-interactive-eyetracking-study(6f00081f-e5e6-4f2e-91a9-eff0dab2f721).html