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Ray, Elizabeth; Heyes, Cecilia – Developmental Science, 2011
Imitation requires the imitator to solve the correspondence problem--to translate visual information from modelled action into matching motor output. It has been widely accepted for some 30 years that the correspondence problem is solved by a specialized, innate cognitive mechanism. This is the conclusion of a poverty of the stimulus argument,…
Descriptors: Neonates, Imitation, Visual Stimuli, Perceptual Motor Learning
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Clearfield, Melissa W.; Dineva, Evelina; Smith, Linda B.; Diedrich, Frederick J.; Thelen, Esther – Developmental Science, 2009
Skilled behavior requires a balance between previously successful behaviors and new behaviors appropriate to the present context. We describe a dynamic field model for understanding this balance in infant perseverative reaching. The model predictions are tested with regard to the interaction of two aspects of the typical perseverative reaching…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Infants, Memory, Error Patterns
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Bahr, Diane; Rosenfeld-Johnson, Sara – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2010
Epidemiological research was used to develop the Speech Disorders Classification System (SDCS). The SDCS is an important speech diagnostic paradigm in the field of speech-language pathology. This paradigm could be expanded and refined to also address treatment while meeting the standards of evidence-based practice. The article assists that process…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Models, Language Impairments, Speech Language Pathology
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Schmidt, R. C.; Richardson, Michael J.; Arsenault, Christine; Galantucci, Bruno – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2007
This study investigated the role that visual tracking plays in coupling rhythmic limb movements to an environmental rhythm. Two experiments were conducted in which participants swung a hand-held pendulum while tracking an oscillating stimulus or while keeping their eyes fixed on a stationary location directly above an oscillating stimulus. It…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Visual Stimuli, Spatial Ability, Perceptual Motor Learning