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@article{item_3637944,
title = {{Revisiting the object-processing paradigm in the study of gaze cues: What two decades of research have taught us about infant social learning}},
author = {Michel, Christine and Thiele, Maleen},
language = {eng},
isbn = {1525-0008},
doi = {10.1111/infa.70007},
publisher = {John Wiley {\&} Sons, Ltd},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-03},
abstract = {{Infants are highly sensitive to social stimuli from early on in ontogeny. Social cues, including others{\textquotesingle} gaze, not only capture and guide infants{\textquotesingle} attention, but also modulate the efficiency in which the infant (brain) encodes and recognizes information. Over the last two decades, the novelty preference based object-processing paradigm has been instrumental in investigating this phenomenon experimentally. This paper offers a comprehensive review and critical evaluation of methodological aspects and empirical findings from previous research using this paradigm to study the influence of (non-)social cues on infants{\textquotesingle} object processing. We highlight the critical role of methodological details and discuss influential factors such as eye contact, infants{\textquotesingle} object-directed attention, naturalistic environments, and potential neural correlates associated with enhanced object encoding. A comprehensive review table summarizes key methodological details from previous studies to assist researchers in making informed decisions when designing future studies. We conclude that the object-processing paradigm has proven to be an effective method with high potential for future research disentangling the influence of fine-grained factors on infants{\textquotesingle} object memory.}},
journal = {{Infancy}},
volume = {30},
number = {2},
eid = {e70007},
}