Now I see it but you don't: 14-month-olds can represent another person's visual perspective

Dev Sci. 2007 Mar;10(2):199-204. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00580.x.

Abstract

Twelve- and 14-month-old infants' ability to represent another person's visual perspective (Level-1 visual perspective taking) was studied in a looking-time paradigm. Fourteen-month-olds looked longer at a person reaching for and grasping a new object when the old goal-object was visible than when it was invisible to the person (but visible to the infant). These findings are consistent with the interpretation that infants 'rationalized' the person's reach for a new object when the old goal-object was out of sight. Twelve-month-olds did not distinguish between test conditions. The present findings are consistent with recent research on infants' developing understanding of seeing.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Analysis of Variance
  • Child Development*
  • Concept Formation*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Photic Stimulation
  • Social Perception*
  • Visual Perception / physiology*