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Peer reviewedJohnson, Scott P.; Bremner, J. Gavin; Slater, Alan M.; Mason, Uschi C. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2000
Three experiments investigated whether 4-month-olds would attend to and utilize the global configuration ("good form") of a partly occluded, moving object to perceive its unit and coherence behind the occluder. Results indicated that curvature per se provided information in support of completion, in addition to global configuration and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Habituation, Infant Behavior
Peer reviewedWiner, Gerald A.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1996
Three studies used computer graphics and/or verbal questioning to examine beliefs among children and adults that vision involves input to the eyes (intromission) or emissions from the eye (extramission). Results showed decreases in extramission and increases in intromission beliefs across age. There were more extramission interpretations with…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Beliefs, Children
