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Colombo, John; And Others – Child Development, 1987
The short-term reliability and long-term stability of visual habituation and dishabituation in infancy were assessed in a sample of 186 infants from four age groups (3-, 4-, 7- and 9-month-olds) seen for two within-age sessions, and in a sample of 69 infants seen longitudinally at 3, 4, 7, and 9 months of age. (Author/BN)
Descriptors: Attention Control, Eye Fixations, Habituation, Infant Behavior
Foster, Martha; And Others – 1973
A total of 48 8- to 14-week-old infants were presented with a non-contingently moving visual stimulus and the infants' visual attention was measured. Infants who exhibited decrements in attention to the non-contingent stimulus showed recovery in attention when the same stimulus was made to move contingent upon a motor response. Moreover, wisual…
Descriptors: Attention, Attention Control, Behavior Patterns, Conditioning