|
Abstract: Schlesinger
(in press) recently proposed a model of eye movements
as a tool for investigating infants' visual expectations.
In the present study, this gaze-direction model was evaluated
by (a) generating a set of predictions concerning how
infants distribute their attention during possible and
impossible events, and (b) testing these predictions in
a replication of Baillargeon's "car study" (1986;
Baillargeon & DeVos, 1991). We find that the model
successfully predicts general features of infants' gaze
direction, but not specific differences obtained during
the possible and impossible events. The implications of
these results for infant cognition research and theory
are discussed.
|
