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Visual Perception of Numerosity in Infancy.
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van Loosbroek, Erik; Smitsman, Ad. W. – Developmental Psychology, 1990
Infants were tested at 5, 8, and 13 months of age for numerosity perception. Subjects observed displayed figures on a screen moving at constant speed with irregular trajectories and occasional occlusions. Results demonstrated that discrimination of units, and not of characteristic patterns, underlies numerosity perception. (BC)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Longitudinal Studies, Pattern Recognition
The Human Face: A View From the Infant's Eye.
Souther, Arthur F.; Banks, Martin S. – 1979
This study explores the reason why very young infants are unable to respond differentially to faces and the cause for developmental changes in infant face perception by age 3 months. Linear systems analysis (LSA) and the contrast sensitivity function (CSF) were used to estimate the facial pattern information available to 1- and 3-month-old…
Descriptors: Infants, Pattern Recognition, Perceptual Development, Recognition (Psychology)
How Adults and Children Search and Recognize Pictures
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Mackworth, N. H.; Brunner, J. S. – Human Development, 1970
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Processes
The Ability of Visually Impaired Children to Read Expressions and Recognize Faces.
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Ellis, H. D.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1987
Seventeen visually impaired children, aged 7-11 years, were compared with sighted children on a test of facial recognition and a test of expression identification. The visually impaired children were less able to recognize faces successfully but showed no disadvantage in discerning facial expressions such as happiness, anger, surprise, or fear.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Elementary Education, Facial Expressions, Identification