2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Research on developmental foundation of understanding other's minds : Early like-me understanding between self and others
| Project/Area Number |
21830063
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Educational psychology
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
SANEFUJI Wakako Osaka University, 連合小児発達学研究科, 特任助教(常勤) (60551752)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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| Keywords | 発達 / 心の理解 / 乳幼児 |
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| Research Abstract |
The present study investigated early understanding of like-me beings and its development using experimental approach, in order to clarify the social awareness in young infants. The results revealed infants' preference for human faces over objects including face-like patterns at least by one month of age, when the still-image of human faces and non-human objects including face-like pattern were presented. Such preferences for human-like features supplement evidence on the first step of early social cognition.
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