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EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH
Volume 202, Issue 2, Pages 493-497Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-2138-1
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Direct matching; Eye tracking; Development; Action; Observation; Teleological reasoning; Anticipation; Prediction
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- Swedish Research Council [VR 421-2006-1794]
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Eighteen- and 25-month-old human toddlers' ability to manually solve a puzzle and their ability to anticipate the goal during observation of similar actions were investigated. Results demonstrate that goal anticipation during action observation is dependent on manual ability, both on a group level (only 25-month-olds solved the manual task and anticipated the goal during observation) and individually within the older age group (r (xy) = 0.53). These findings suggests a connection between manual ability and the ability to anticipate the goal of others' actions in toddlers, in accordance with the direct matching hypothesis.
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