Endogenous temporal attention in the absence of stimulus-driven cues emerges in the second year of life

摘要: Anticipating both where and when an object will appear is a critical ability for adaptation. Research in the temporal domain adults indicate that dissociable mechanisms relate to endogenous attention driven by properties of stimulus themselves (e.g. rhythmic, sequential, or trajectory cues) symbolic cues. In infancy, we know capacity endogenously orient progressively develops through infancy. However, above-mentioned distinction has not yet been explored since previous studies involved stimulus-driven The current study tested 12- 15-month-olds adaptation anticipatory eye movement procedure determine whether infants were able anticipate specific location interval predicted only pre-cues. absence cues, results show could behavior based on information provided Distinguishing expectations from those cues allowed dissecting more clearly developmental progression attention.