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Peer reviewedBall, William A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1980
Data suggest that young infants (110-130 days old) process distinctive features of objects that continuously change orientation. The importance of these findings for theories of cognitive and perceptual development of infants is discussed. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Cognitive Development, Infants, Perceptual Development
Peer reviewedPipp, Sandra; Haith, Marshall M. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1984
Visual fixations were recorded in newborn, 4-, and 8-week-old human infants as they scanned displays that varied in contour length, size, number, and a new metric, CVAL (based on Contour Variability, Amount and Location). One of the findings was that both contour length and CVAL separately accounted for approximatel1 95 of looking-duration…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Span, Dimensional Preference, Eye Fixations
