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How Infants' Arousal Influences Their Visual Search.


ABSTRACT: The influence of arousal on visual attention was examined in 6.5-month-old infants (N = 42) in the context of a visual search task. Phasic increases in arousal were induced with brief sounds and measured with pupil dilation. Evidence was found for an inverted U-shaped relation between pupil dilation amplitude and visual orienting, with highest likelihood of a target fixation at intermediate levels of arousal. Effects were similar for facial stimuli and simple objects. Together, these results contribute to our understanding of the relation between arousal and attention in infancy. The study also demonstrates that infants have a bias to orient to human eyes, even when presented in isolation.

SUBMITTER: Kleberg JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7027752 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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How Infants' Arousal Influences Their Visual Search.

Kleberg Johan Lundin JL   Del Bianco Teresa T   Falck-Ytter Terje T  

Child development 20181231 4


The influence of arousal on visual attention was examined in 6.5-month-old infants (N = 42) in the context of a visual search task. Phasic increases in arousal were induced with brief sounds and measured with pupil dilation. Evidence was found for an inverted U-shaped relation between pupil dilation amplitude and visual orienting, with highest likelihood of a target fixation at intermediate levels of arousal. Effects were similar for facial stimuli and simple objects. Together, these results con  ...[more]

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