Attention in Action: The Relationships Between Posture and Visual Attention in Infancy - Couverture souple

Levit, Kathryn

 
9783639715781: Attention in Action: The Relationships Between Posture and Visual Attention in Infancy
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ISBN 10 : 3639715780 ISBN 13 : 9783639715781
Editeur : Scholars' Press, 2014

Synopsis

Research into infant postural development has largely focused on describing motor milestones and documenting changes in motor skill, so that little is known about how changes in postural stability and balance are related to changes in other psychological domains. This longitudinal study examined the reciprocal relationships between postural stability and infant visual attention during the period when infants begin to sit, stand and walk, a time when both postural control and visual attention to objects show significant developmental changes. Data on postural sway, attentional state and visual fixation were collected at five motor milestones: sit onset, stand onset, walk onset, and 3 and 6 months post walk onset. Results showed that infant's visual attention was increased when they used their hands to stabilize posture, and postural sway was attenuated when they were visually attentive to people or objects. These results seem to suggest that perception, action and cognition are "coupled" into stable action systems in infancy, highlighting the importance of mind-body connections, and may have clinical implications for understanding developmental conditions in infancy.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Research into infant postural development has largely focused on describing motor milestones and documenting changes in motor skill, so that little is known about how changes in postural stability and balance are related to changes in other psychological domains. This longitudinal study examined the reciprocal relationships between postural stability and infant visual attention during the period when infants begin to sit, stand and walk, a time when both postural control and visual attention to objects show significant developmental changes. Data on postural sway, attentional state and visual fixation were collected at five motor milestones: sit onset, stand onset, walk onset, and 3 and 6 months post walk onset. Results showed that infant's visual attention was increased when they used their hands to stabilize posture, and postural sway was attenuated when they were visually attentive to people or objects. These results seem to suggest that perception, action and cognition are "coupled" into stable action systems in infancy, highlighting the importance of mind-body connections, and may have clinical implications for understanding developmental conditions in infancy.

Biographie de l'auteur

Kathryn Levit has a degree in occupational therapy from Wayne State University and a PhD in Applied Developmental Psychology from George Mason University. Currently she is Assistant Professor and Assistant Program Director in the Division of Occupational Therapy at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia.

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Éditeur
Scholars' Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639715780
ISBN 13 
9783639715781
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
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