Infant action understanding: the roles of active training and motor development.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study examined the potential interplay between motor development and intervention in support of action understanding.

Methods

Eighty nine-month-old infants completed a tool-use training session and goal imitation paradigm that assessed action understanding in counterbalanced order. A metric of motor development was obtained using the Early Motor Questionnaire.

Results

Results indicated that training improved action understanding, particularly for those infants who started out with lower means-end skills. Results further indicated that infants who did not receive any training experience in the lab beforehand, drew on their existing means-end skills.

Discussion

These results emphasize independent contributions of training and motor development o

SUBMITTER: Chung H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11720954 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature