Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society

Research has demonstrated links between visual and manual object exploration and infants’ object perception (e.g.,Soska, Adolph, & Johnson, 2010). However, systematic investigation of the development of visual and manual object explo-ration and potential cascading effects on early word learning is lacking. In a longitudinal study of infants aged 9 to 24 months,we captured dynamic visual and manual information using head-mounted eye tracking and motion tracking of infants’ handsas infants and their parents played with objects. Parents completed the MCDI vocabulary assessment at every visit. We willpresent preliminary data investigating individual and developmental differences in visual and manual object exploration, theresulting object views that are generated, and their relation to word learning. The results will inform our understanding of therelations between motor development, visual attention, and word learning in infancy.