Facilitation of object encoding in infants by the observation of giving

Abstract We propose that humans are prepared to interpret giving as a diagnostic cue of reciprocal–exchange relations from infancy. A prediction following from this hypothesis is that infants will represent the identity of an object they see being given, because this information is critical for eval...

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Autores principales:	Denis Tatone, Mikołaj Hernik, Gergely Csibra
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c43503fc39cd4a43800f559a899d57c92021-12-02T18:02:23ZFacilitation of object encoding in infants by the observation of giving10.1038/s41598-021-97910-32045-2322https://doaj.org/article/c43503fc39cd4a43800f559a899d57c92021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97910-3https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract We propose that humans are prepared to interpret giving as a diagnostic cue of reciprocal–exchange relations from infancy. A prediction following from this hypothesis is that infants will represent the identity of an object they see being given, because this information is critical for evaluating potential future reciprocation. Across three looking-time experiments we tested whether the observation of a transfer action induces 12-month-olds to encode the identity of a single object handled by an agent. We found that infants encoded the object identity when the agent gave the object (Experiment 1), but not when she took it (Experiment 2), despite being able to represent the goal of both actions (Experiments 1 and 3). Consistent with our hypothesis, these results suggest that the infants’ representation of giving comprises information necessary for comparing the value of transferred goods across sharing episodes.Denis TatoneMikołaj HernikGergely CsibraNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Denis Tatone Mikołaj Hernik Gergely Csibra Facilitation of object encoding in infants by the observation of giving
description	Abstract We propose that humans are prepared to interpret giving as a diagnostic cue of reciprocal–exchange relations from infancy. A prediction following from this hypothesis is that infants will represent the identity of an object they see being given, because this information is critical for evaluating potential future reciprocation. Across three looking-time experiments we tested whether the observation of a transfer action induces 12-month-olds to encode the identity of a single object handled by an agent. We found that infants encoded the object identity when the agent gave the object (Experiment 1), but not when she took it (Experiment 2), despite being able to represent the goal of both actions (Experiments 1 and 3). Consistent with our hypothesis, these results suggest that the infants’ representation of giving comprises information necessary for comparing the value of transferred goods across sharing episodes.
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title	Facilitation of object encoding in infants by the observation of giving
title_short	Facilitation of object encoding in infants by the observation of giving
title_full	Facilitation of object encoding in infants by the observation of giving
title_fullStr	Facilitation of object encoding in infants by the observation of giving
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title_sort	facilitation of object encoding in infants by the observation of giving
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Facilitation of object encoding in infants by the observation of giving

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