Fig 1.
(a) Example of dynamic stimuli showing still from the three motion types in upright orientation. Dynamic impression was created by showing the frame 1 and the frame 2 alternately at 1 Hz. Frame 1 was shown at the onset of the stimuli, and was also used for static stimuli. (b) Schematic representation of central and peripheral stimulus position. The dotted area around the middle face represents the central AOI, while those around the left and right faces represent the peripheral AOI. (c) Schematic representation of stimulus sequence showing a trial where the peripheral stimulus appears on the right. As soon as infants fixate on the fixation point, experimenter started the trial. The central face remained on the screen for 2seconds before presentation of peripheral face which ramined on the screen together with the central face for another 5 seconds for 4-month-olds or 10 seconds for newborns.
Table 1.
Stimulus combination in Experiment 1a.
All faces were dynamic as defined in the text.
Table 2.
Mean (SD) number of the valid trials for each stimulus combination as a percentage of the total number of trials for each infant in Experiment 1a, 1b, 2a, and 2b.
Fig 2.
(a) Mean saccadic latency for each stimulus combination in 4month-olds (Experiment 1a). (b) Mean gaze saccadic rate per milliseconds in 4-month-olds (Experiment 1a). Note that greater values represent faster saccades. (c) Mean saccadic latency for each stimulus combination in newborn infants (Experiment 1b). Error bars in each graph represent +/-1 SE.
Table 3.
Stimulus combination in Experiment 2.
Fig 3.
(a) Mean saccadic latency for each stimulus combination in 4month-olds (Experiment 2a). (b) Mean saccadic rate per second in 4-month-olds (Experiment 2a). Note that greater values represent faster saccades. (c) Mean saccadic latency for each stimulus combination in newborns infants (Experiment 2). Error bars in each graph represent +/-1 SE.