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Mirror, peephole and video - The role of contiguity in children's perception of reference in iconic signs

Lenninger, Sara LU ; Persson, Tomas LU orcid ; van de Weijer, Joost LU orcid and Sonesson, Göran LU orcid (2020) In Frontiers in Psychology 11.
Abstract
The present study looked at the extent to which 2-year-old children benefited from information conveyed by viewing a hiding event through an opening in a cardboard screen, seeing it as live video, as pre-recorded video, or by way of a mirror. Being encouraged to find the hidden object by selecting one out of two cups, the children successfully picked the baited cup significantly more often when they had viewed the hiding through the opening, or in live video, than when they viewed it in pre-recorded video, or by way of a mirror. All conditions rely on the perception of similarity. The study suggests, however, that contiguity – i.e., the perception of temporal and physical closeness between events – rather than similarity is the principal... (More)
The present study looked at the extent to which 2-year-old children benefited from information conveyed by viewing a hiding event through an opening in a cardboard screen, seeing it as live video, as pre-recorded video, or by way of a mirror. Being encouraged to find the hidden object by selecting one out of two cups, the children successfully picked the baited cup significantly more often when they had viewed the hiding through the opening, or in live video, than when they viewed it in pre-recorded video, or by way of a mirror. All conditions rely on the perception of similarity. The study suggests, however, that contiguity – i.e., the perception of temporal and physical closeness between events – rather than similarity is the principal factor accounting for the results. (Less)
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contiguity, children, sign use, indexicality, semiotic resource, visual iconic media, mirror, video
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Frontiers in Psychology
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11
article number
1622
pages
14 pages
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Frontiers Media S. A.
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  • scopus:85088789909
  • pmid:32760329
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1664-1078
DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01622
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Precursors of Sign Use in Intersubjectivity and Imitation (PSUII)
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English
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  title        = {{Mirror, peephole and video - The role of contiguity in children's perception of reference in iconic signs}},
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