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Peer reviewedJohnson, Scott P.; Aslin, Richard N. – Cognitive Development, 1996
Two experiments examined the effects of common motion, background texture, and orientation on four-month olds' perception of unity of a partially occluded rod. Results indicated that infants' perception of object unity is not dependent on a single visual cue but on a variety of cues including motion, interposition, depth cues, background texture,…
Descriptors: Depth Perception, Infants, Motion, Object Permanence
Direct linkSmith, W. Carter; Johnson, Scott P.; Spelke, Elizabeth S. – Cognitive Psychology, 2003
Although much evidence indicates that young infants perceive unitary objects by analyzing patterns of motion, infants' abilities to perceive object unity by analyzing Gestalt properties and by integrating distinct views of an object over time are in dispute. To address these controversies, four experiments investigated adults' and infants'…
Descriptors: Intervals, Infants, Motion, Experiments
