Infant Action Database: A Benchmark for Infant Action Recognition in Uncontrolled condition

Action–effect anticipation in infant action control

There is increasing evidence that action effects play a crucial role in action understanding and action control not only in adults but also in infants. Most of the research in infants focused on the learning of action-effect contingencies or how action effects help infants to infer goals in other persons' actions. In contrast, the present research aimed at demonstrating that infants control the...

creating the action model for high risk infant follow up program in iran.

intervention in early childhood development as one of the social determinants of health, is important for reducing social gap and inequity. in spite of increasingly developing intensive neonatal care wards and decreasing neonatal mortality rate, there is no follow up program in iran. this study was carreid out to design high risk infants follow up care program with the practical aim of creating...

A dynamic systems approach to infant facial action

ly defined feeling states arid the rest of experience has a heuristic function, it contradicts fundamental systems principles. The mutual influence between an emotional feeling and a particular cognition or perception creates a unique gestalt Pleasure in Duchenne smiling, the feeling of mutual positive involvement with a partner, and the sensation of tightened cheeks, all are inextricably combi...

A Dynamical Systems Perspective on Infant Action and its Development

Action mirroring and action understanding in children

The past decade has experienced an increasing interest in action underestanding and children’s mirroring of others’ behavior. Behavioral investigations have focused on the development and significance of mimicry, goal prediction and imitation. Others have focused on the neural basis of action mirroring, identifying particular electrophysiological markers or related brain regions. A vivid debate...