Co-dependency of exchanged behaviors is a cue for agency attribution in 10-month-olds

Abstract Goal-directed social interactions (whether instrumental or communicative) involve co-dependent, partially predictable actions of interacting agents as social goals cannot be achieved by continuously exchanging the same, perfectly predictable, or completely random behaviors. We investigated...

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Autores principales:	Tibor Tauzin, György Gergely
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8a3f02c2f5a54e999289ae31c63ce7672021-12-02T18:33:47ZCo-dependency of exchanged behaviors is a cue for agency attribution in 10-month-olds10.1038/s41598-021-97811-52045-2322https://doaj.org/article/8a3f02c2f5a54e999289ae31c63ce7672021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97811-5https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Goal-directed social interactions (whether instrumental or communicative) involve co-dependent, partially predictable actions of interacting agents as social goals cannot be achieved by continuously exchanging the same, perfectly predictable, or completely random behaviors. We investigated whether 10-month-olds are sensitive to the co-dependence and degree of predictability in an interactive context where unfamiliar entities exchanged either perfectly predictable (identical), partially predictable (co-dependent), or non-predictable (random) signal sequences. We found that when—following the interactive exchanges—one of the entities turned in the direction of one of two lateral target objects, infants looked more at the indicated referent, but only in the partially predictable signals condition. This shows that infants attributed agency to the orienting entity and interpreted its turning action as a referential object-directed action. The present findings suggest that the co-dependency and partial predictability of exchanged behaviors can serve as an abstract structural cue to attribute intentional agency and recognize goal-directed social interactions.Tibor TauzinGyörgy GergelyNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Tibor Tauzin György Gergely Co-dependency of exchanged behaviors is a cue for agency attribution in 10-month-olds
description	Abstract Goal-directed social interactions (whether instrumental or communicative) involve co-dependent, partially predictable actions of interacting agents as social goals cannot be achieved by continuously exchanging the same, perfectly predictable, or completely random behaviors. We investigated whether 10-month-olds are sensitive to the co-dependence and degree of predictability in an interactive context where unfamiliar entities exchanged either perfectly predictable (identical), partially predictable (co-dependent), or non-predictable (random) signal sequences. We found that when—following the interactive exchanges—one of the entities turned in the direction of one of two lateral target objects, infants looked more at the indicated referent, but only in the partially predictable signals condition. This shows that infants attributed agency to the orienting entity and interpreted its turning action as a referential object-directed action. The present findings suggest that the co-dependency and partial predictability of exchanged behaviors can serve as an abstract structural cue to attribute intentional agency and recognize goal-directed social interactions.
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title	Co-dependency of exchanged behaviors is a cue for agency attribution in 10-month-olds
title_short	Co-dependency of exchanged behaviors is a cue for agency attribution in 10-month-olds
title_full	Co-dependency of exchanged behaviors is a cue for agency attribution in 10-month-olds
title_fullStr	Co-dependency of exchanged behaviors is a cue for agency attribution in 10-month-olds
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Co-dependency of exchanged behaviors is a cue for agency attribution in 10-month-olds

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