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Adams, Russell J. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1995
Newborns were habituated to white squares of varying size and luminance and retested with colored squares for recovery of habituation. Newborns could discriminate yellow-green from white in large squares, but not in small squares. They could not discriminate blue, blue-green, or purple from white. Results suggest newborns have little…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Color, Discrimination Learning, Habituation