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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Infants Display Anticipatory Gaze During a Motor Contingency Paradigm.

Marcelo R Rosales, José Carlos Pulido, Carolee Winstein, Nina S Bradley, Maja Matarić, Beth A Smith

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Marcelo R RosalesSchool of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3553-6051
José Carlos PulidoPlanning and Learning Group, Departamento de Informática, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28903 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3887-4742
Carolee WinsteinDivision of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9789-4626
Nina S BradleyDivision of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
Maja MatarićInteraction Lab, Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8958-6666
Beth A SmithDivision of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2531-5394

Funding

Children's Hospital Los Angeles Best Starts to Life Research Support Grant no numberNational Science Foundation NSF CBET 1706964
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundExamining visual behavior during a motor learning paradigm can enhance our understanding of how infants learn motor skills. The aim of this study was to determine if infants who learned a contingency visually anticipated the outcomes of their behavior.

methods15 infants (6-9 months of age) participated in a contingency learning paradigm. When an infant produced a right leg movement, a robot provided reinforcement by clapping. Three types of visual gaze events were identified: predictive, reactive, and not looking. An exploratory analysis examined the trends in visual-motor behavior that can be used to inform future questions and practices in contingency learning studies.

resultsAll classically defined learners visually anticipated robot activation at greater than random chance (W = 21;

conclusionsFindings suggest that most learners displayed visual anticipation withing the first minutes of performing the paradigm. Further, the classical definition of learning a contingency paradigm in infants can be sharpened to further the design of contingency learning studies and advance the processes infants use to learn motor skills.

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Fixation, OcularLearningMotor SkillsFemaleHumansInfantMaleRoboticscontingency learningeye-trackinginfantmotor learningsocially assistive robotsvisual-motor behavior

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PMID39943482
PMCPMC11820326

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