@misc{cogprints3338, volume = {101}, editor = {Christopher G. Prince and Luc Berthouze and Hideki Kozima and Daniel Bullock and Georgi Stojanov and Christian Balkenius}, title = {Visual Expectations in Infants: Evaluating the Gaze-Direction Model}, author = {Matthew Schlesinger and Patrick Casey}, publisher = {Lund University Cognitive Studies}, year = {2003}, pages = {115--122}, keywords = {infant eye movement, formal model, Baillargeaon car study, violation-of-expectation}, url = {http://cogprints.org/3338/}, abstract = {Schlesinger (in press) recently proposed a model of eye movements as a tool for investigating infants? visual expectations. In the present study, this gaze-direction model was evaluated by (a) generating a set of predictions concerning how infants distribute their attention during possible and impossible events, and (b) testing these predictions in a replication of Baillargeon?s "car study" (1986; Baillargeon \& DeVos, 1991). We find that the model successfully predicts general features of infants? gaze direction, but not specific differences obtained during the possible and impossible events. The implications of these results for infant cognition research and theory are discussed.} }