| Infant development of configural object processing in visual and visual-haptic contexts. | |
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PMID: 18930171 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Infants' visual processing of objects is characterised by a developmental trend from a predominantly analytical to a configural processing mode. In two studies with 6- and 8-month-old infants, we sought to replicate this finding in a purely visual condition (inspecting objects), and to examine how far redundant visual-haptic information present in a visual-haptic condition influences the processing mode. Infants were familiarized with two objects differing in three dimensions (texture, size and shape). At test, infants were presented with a familiar object, a switch object consisting of a recombination of familiar dimensions, and a novel object, and looking times were measured. Results indicate a transition from analytical processing at 6 months to configural processing at 8 months in the visual condition. In the visual-haptic condition, both age-groups displayed configural processing. Thus, redundant visual-haptic information seems to enhance object processing. |
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Authors:
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Bianca Jovanovic; Thomas Duemmler; Gudrun Schwarzer |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2008-10-17 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Acta psychologica Volume: 129 ISSN: 1873-6297 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Psychol (Amst) Publication Date: 2008 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-10-27 Completed Date: 2009-02-27 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370366 Medline TA: Acta Psychol (Amst) Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 376-86 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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University of Giessen, FB 06, Otto-Behaghel-Street 10/F1, 35394 Giessen, Germany. Bianca.Jovanovic@psychol.uni-giessen.de |
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Attention Child Psychology* Discrimination Learning Female Habituation, Psychophysiologic Humans Infant Male Orientation Pattern Recognition, Visual* Psychomotor Performance* Size Perception Touch* |
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