ManyBabies 5: A large-scale investigation of the proposed shift from familiarity preference to novelty preference in infant looking time

• DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/ck3vd
• Publication Date: 2023-01-11T05:01:36Z
• Authors: Jessica Elizabeth...; Martin Zettersten; Rana Abu-Zhaya; Dima Amso; Mireille Babineau; Heidi A Baumgartner; Marina Bazhydai; Margherita Belia; Silvia Benavides-...; Christina Bergmann; Ilaria Berteletti; Alexis K. Black; Priscila Borges; Arielle Borovsky; Krista Byers-Hein...; Laurianne Cabrera; Giulia Calignano; Anjie Cao; Hitomi Chijiiwa; Christopher Cox; Rodrigo Dal Ben; Isabelle Dautriche; Michaela C DeBolt; Anna Exner; Donna Fisher-Thom...; Samuel H. Forbes; Laura Franchin; Michael C. Frank; Gökhan Gönül; Nayeli Gonzalez-G...; Charlotte Grosse ...; Kiley Hamlin; Erin Hannon; Naomi Havron; Jean-Rémy Hochmann; Stefanie Hoehl; Carmel Houston-Price; George Kachergis; Zsuzsa Kaldy; Osman Kingo; Simon Kizito; Eon-Suk Ko; Nina-Alisa Kollak...; Shannon P Kong; Vanja Kovic; Peter Krøjgaard; Shari Liu; Belén López Assef; Helen Shiyang Lu; Madhavilatha Maganti; Olivier Mascaro; Emily Mather; Julien Mayor; Brianna McMillan; Marek Meristo; Toben Herbert Mintz; Monika T. Molnar; David Moreau; Yusuke Moriguchi; Margaret Moulson; Jutta L. Mueller; Lisa M Oakes; Sharon Peperkamp; Stefanie Peykarjou; Mónica Taveira Pires; Gal Raz; Jennifer Rennels; Pablo E. Requena; Joscelin Rocha-Hi...; Jenny Saffran; Christina Schaetz; Tobias Schuwerk; Kimberly Megan Scott; Jeanne L. Shinskey; Elizabeth Ann Sim...; Leher Singh; Sylvain Sirois; Erin Smolak; Melanie Soderstrom; Trine Sonne; Céline Spriet; Andrew Sentoogo S...; Ingmar Visser; Katie Von Holzen; sandra waxman; Gert Westermann; Katherine White; Kali L Woodruff Carr; Naiqi G Xiao; Linlin Yan; Katharina Zahner-...; Tania S. Zamuner; Henriette Zeidler; Xi Jia Zhou; Lucie Zimmer; Zorana Zupan; Casey Lew-Williams
• Keywords: Stimulus (psychology); Infant development

Much of our basic understanding cognitive and social processes in infancy relies on measures looking time, specifically infants’ visual preference for a novel or familiar stimulus. However, despite being the foundation many behavioral tasks infant research, determinants preferences are poorly understood, differences expression can be difficult to interpret. In this large-scale study, we test predictions from Hunter Ames model infants' preferences. We investigate effects three factors predicted by determine versus stimuli: age, stimulus familiarity, complexity. Drawing large diverse sample participants (minimum expected size N = 1,280), study aims provide empirical evidence robust generalizable preferences, leading more solid theoretical mechanisms that underlie responses common paradigms. Moreover, hope findings will guide future studies rely measure processes.