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Førsteamanuensis Child development gabriella.oturai@uit.no +47 77 64 68 18 Tromsø You can find me here

Gabriella Óturai

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Publications outside Cristin

Peer-reviewed publications

Kim, Z., Óturai, G., Király, I., Hirte, M., & Knopf, M. (2018). A variation of the social context in the warm-up period influences 18-month-olds' imitation. Cognitive Development, 45, 105-112.

Óturai, G., Kolling, T., & Knopf, M. (2017). Developmental trend towards exact imitation in the second year of life: Evidence from a longitudinal study. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 0165025417713727.

Kim, Z., Óturai, G., Király, I., & Knopf, M. (2015). The role of objects and effects in action imitation: Comparing the imitation of object-related actions vs. gestures in 18-month-old infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 41, 43-51.

Kolling, T., Óturai, G., & Knopf, M. (2014). Is selective attention the basis for selective imitation in infants? An eye-tracking study of deferred imitation with 12 month-olds. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 124, 18-35. 

Óturai, G., Kolling, T., & Knopf, M. (2013). Relations between 18-month-olds’ gaze pattern and target action performance: A deferred imitation study with eye tracking. Infant Behavior and Development, 36, 736-748. 

Óturai, G., Kolling, T., Rubio Hall, L., & Knopf, M. (2012). The role of object functions for deferred imitation – Do infants selectively retain and forget target actions? Infant Behavior and Development, 35, 195-204. 

 

Non-peer-reviewed publications

Óturai, G. & Myllylä, K. (2015). Oppimateriaali: Inside Out – mielen sopukoissa [Learning material: Inside Out]. Helsinki: Koulukino ry. 

Óturai, G., Holm, I., Malin, R., Myllylä, K., Rahja, R. (2015). Nuorisotyöntekijöiden käsityksiä mediakasvatuksesta [Youth workers’ views of media education]. Helsinki: Mediakasvatusseura ry. 

Óturai, G. (2015, May 5). Mediakasvatuksella vahvistetaan lasten ymmärrystä mielentiloista [Using media education to foster children’s understanding of mental states] [Blog post].

Óturai, G., Kolling, T. & Knopf, M. (2010). The effects of functional relevance of action steps on 18-month-olds' deferred imitation performance. In Rita Zukauskiene (Ed.). Proceedings of the XIV. European Conference on Developmental Psychology ECDP. Vilnius, Lithuania, August 18-22, 2009 (pp. 91-94). Pianoro: Medimond.

 

Conference presentations1

Ragó, A. & Óturai, G. (2014, May) The nature of domain specific category knowledge in preschoolers: an eye-tracker study. Poster presented at the VI. Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Science, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Óturai, G., Kolling, T., Rubio Hall, L., Remmers, F. & Knopf, M. (2012, June) How selective is deferred imitation? Evidence from experimental and eye tracking studies. Conference talk at the 18th Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Minneapolis, MN.

Óturai, G., Ragó, A. (2012, January). The impact of intentional-historical information on children`s naming of artifacts. Poster presented at the 2nd Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development, Budapest, Hungary.

Óturai, G., Kolling, T., Rubio, L., Remmers, F. & Knopf, M. (2011, January) Selective imitation in a deferred imitation paradigm – Can Eye Tracking provide a deeper understanding? Conference talk at the 1st Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development, Budapest, Hungary.

Óturai, G., Kolling, T. & Knopf, M. (2009, August) The effects of functional relevance of action steps on 18-month-olds' deferred imitation performance. Conference talk at the 14th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Óturai, G. & Ragó, A. (2008, October) Methodical difficulties in the investigation of object knowledge (orig. in Hungarian). Conference talk at the 16th Conference of the Hungarian Foundation of Cognitive Science, Budapest, Hungary.

1Posters presented by the first author.

 

Invited talks to expert audiences

How selective is deferred imitation? Evidence from experimental and eye tracking studies. University of California, San Diego (Prof.Gedeon Deák), 28.6.2012

Imitation and generalization of functional vs. arbitrary target actions. University of California, Los Angeles (Prof. Scott P. Johnson), 19.6.2012

What can eye tracking tell us about imitation? University of California, Los Angeles (Prof. Scott P. Johnson), 26.10.2010

 

Invited talks to broader audiences

The role of functionality in infants’ perception and imitation of actions. AScI Talks, Aalto Science Institute, Aalto University, Helsinki, 23.4.2014

Distraction or decision? Why one-year-old children do not imitate arbitrary target actions (orig. in German). Interdisciplinary Colloquium at the Foundation of the Polytechnic Society, Frankfurt am Main, 22.8.2012