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Concurrent Validity of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT): Socio-cognitive and Verbal Skills in 18-Month-Old Infants.

Author(s): Ruel A, Chiarella SS, Crivello C, Poulin-Dubois D

J Autism Dev Disord. 2020 Feb 04;: Authors: Ruel A, Chiarella SS, Crivello C, Poulin-Dubois D

Article GUID: 32020422
Selective social learning in infancy: looking for mechanisms.

Author(s): Crivello C, Phillips S, Poulin-Dubois D

Dev Sci. 2018 05;21(3):e12592 Authors: Crivello C, Phillips S, Poulin-Dubois D

Article GUID: 28856760
Biological motion primes the animate/inanimate distinction in infancy.

Author(s): Poulin-Dubois D, Crivello C, Wright K

PLoS One. 2015;10(2):e0116910 Authors: Poulin-Dubois D, Crivello C, Wright K

Article GUID: 25659077
Title:Biological motion primes the animate/inanimate distinction in infancy.
Authors:Poulin-Dubois D,  Crivello C,  Wright K
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25659077?dopt=Abstract
Category:PLoS One
PMID:25659077
Dept Affiliation: CRDH
1 Department of Psychology, Centre for Research in Human Development, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

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Biological motion primes the animate/inanimate distinction in infancy.

PLoS One. 2015;10(2):e0116910

Authors: Poulin-Dubois D, Crivello C, Wright K

Abstract

Given that biological motion is both detected and preferred early in life, we tested the hypothesis that biological motion might be instrumental to infants' differentiation of animate and inanimate categories. Infants were primed with either point-light displays of realistic biological motion, random motion, or schematic biological motion of an unfamiliar shape. After being habituated to these displays, 12-month-old infants categorized animals and vehicles as well as furniture and vehicles with the sequential touching task. The findings indicated that infants primed with point-light displays of realistic biological motion showed better categorization of animates than those exposed to random or schematic biological motion. These results suggest that human biological motion might be one of the motion cues that provide the building blocks for infants' concept of animacy.

PMID: 25659077 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]