An in-depth look at saccadic search in infancy

摘要: Two questions were posed in the present study: (1) Do infants search for discrepant items absence of instructions? We outline where previous research has been inconclusive answering this question. (2) In what manner do search, and are fixation saccade characteristics saccadic search? A thorough characterization infancy is great importance as a reference future eye-movement studies infancy. presented 10-month-old with 24 visual displays two separate sessions within weeks. report that infant performance at 10 months above may be expected by our model chance, dependent on specific target. Infant show similarities to adult search. All findings highly consistent across group level. An examination reliability revealed test-retest oculomotor was high, particularly duration. suggest into adopt chance baseline against which compare performance. Researchers investigating both typical atypical development benefit from results.