Top-down knowledge rapidly acquired through abstract rule learning biases subsequent visual attention in 9-month-old infants

Visual attention is an information-gathering mechanism that supports the emergence of complex perceptual and cognitive capacities. Yet, little is known about how the infant brain learns to direct attention to information that is most relevant for learning and behavior. Here we address this gap by ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: D.M. Werchan, D. Amso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Subjects:
PFC
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929320300098