Everyday visual statistics in the first two years of life
by
Caitlin Fausey, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral
research fellow
IU
Dept of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Location: Speech and
Hearing Building, Room C141
Time: Friday, March 29,
11 am - noon
ABSTRACT
The
nature of input is fundamental to all theories of development. Traditional
research has rested on relatively sparse measures of that input. But, advancing
methods in analyzing large datasets are revealing structure that is not
apparent in smaller samplings. Children in their first two years have
approximately 9000 hours of visual experiences, experiences that surely shape
the developing system. What are the basic properties of visual input and do
these properties change with age? In this talk, I will describe ongoing
projects designed to capture structure in visual input from (1) parent reports
of early face, object and activity experience, (2) third-person views of
in-the-lab play sessions between parents and infants across cultures, and (3)
first-person views of infants’ lives at home. This ongoing research suggests
that the statistical structure of the learning environment is dynamic and gated
by young children's developmental level and cultural context.
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