Explaining individual differences in infant visual sensory seeking.

ABSTRACT: Individual differences in infants' engagement with their environment manifest early in development and are noticed by parents. Three views have been advanced to explain differences in seeking novel stimulation. The optimal stimulation hypothesis suggests that individuals seek further stimulation when they are under-responsive to current sensory input. The processing speed hypothesis proposes that those capable of processing information faster are driven to seek stimulation more frequently. The information prioritization hypothesis suggests the differences in stimulation seeking index variation in the prioritization of incoming relative to ongoing information processing. Ten-month-old infants saw 10 repetitions of a video clip and changes in frontal theta oscillatory amplitude were measured

SUBMITTER: Piccardi ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7496506 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature