Rejects the neuronal fatigue, or selective adaptation, hypothesis of young infant habituation. Holds that studies cited by Dannemiller and Banks do not support the inferences of selective adaptation. Rejects the hypothetical neurophysiological mechanism of neuronal fatigue. Proposes that studies do not indicate that young infants' visual cortical…

Discusses the relationship between aesthetic value and the improvement of perception of visual artwork. Recent experiments have attempted to improve visual perception of school children, and to study their developmental preferences in art. But art has moral dimensions, and aesthetic education must also facilitate the appreciation of aesthetic…