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Ganon, Ellen C.; Swartz, Karyl B. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1980
Results suggest that when the internal element of a compound stimulus is a highly preferred or salient stimulus, young infants will process information about its characteristics. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Dimensional Preference, Infants, Visual Discrimination
Walker, Jearl – Scientific American, 1986
Describes experiments which focus on the perception of three dimensions. Discusses the cues about distance and depth and the role they have in perceptions of three dimensions. Evaluates the effect of color on the illusion on depth. (ML)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Color, Cues, Depth Perception

Colombo, John; And Others – Cognitive Development, 1995
Investigates the dominance of global versus local visual properties in four-month-old infants as a function of individual differences in fixation duration. Suggests that long-looking infants process visual information more slowly than short-looking infants, and there may be qualitative differences in the manner in which the two groups of infants…
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Processes, Dimensional Preference, Discrimination Learning