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Visual Shape Perception in Early Infancy.
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Schwartz, Marcelle; Day, R. H. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1979
The ability of young infants between the ages of 8 and 17 weeks to perceive outline shapes was investigated in nine experiments using an habituation paradigm. (JMB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Eye Fixations, Infants, Perceptual Development
The Nature and Processes of Preverbal Learning: Implications from Nine-Month-Old Infants' Discrimination Problem Solving.
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Coldren, Jeffrey T.; Colombo, John – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1994
In three experiments, nine-month-old infants were trained to fixate on a particular feature in a pair of stimuli that varied along three dimensions. In a fourth experiment, infants were trained to fixate on a stimulus compound until reaching a learning criterion. Infants' discrimination learning under these conditions implied an ability to attend…
Descriptors: Attention, Dimensional Preference, Discrimination Learning, Eye Fixations
Visual Attention, Auditory Stimulation, and Language Discrimination in Young Infants
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Horowitz, Francis Degan, Ed. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1974
Presents nine experimental studies investigating auditory and visual discrimination in very young infants. Results are discussed in terms of their implications for understanding habituation, cross-modal stimulation, receptive language development, and individual differences. Appendices include data on visual fixation duration and information on…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Behavior Patterns, Individual Differences, Infants