2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Investigation of the relationship between pointing gestures by infants and their language development: An eye-tracking study
| Project/Area Number |
15K17282
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Educational psychology
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| Research Institution | University of the Sacred Heart |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 指さし / 1歳齢児 / 言語発達 / 眼球運動 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
To investigate the infants’ eye movement during their production of pointing gestures, a pilot experiment using eye tracker was conducted. Results indicated that a one-year-old infant produce pointing gesture to the object in the monitor with the eye-tracking system, and this could be recorded by video. However, it was found that it was difficult for one-year-old infant to stand still in front of the monitor so that we cannot measure the eye movement of the infant correctly.
To solve this problem, the methodology to provoke infants’ pointing gestures when they are standing still was suggested. That is, the mother produce pointing gestures soon after the production of infants’ pointing in front of the posters on the wall.
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| Free Research Field |
比較発達心理学
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