| Kinetic contours in infants' visual perception. | |
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PMID: 3956314 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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3-month-old infants' perception of "camouflaged" forms that are only visible when moving was studied. Displays were used in which figure and ground had an identical random dot texture, and no edge indicated the form of the figure. The form was invisible when stationary. Discrimination of 2 different forms was tested (a) when the forms were visible only through motion, and (b) when the forms appeared as stationary white figures on black ground. The babies discriminated the forms in both conditions. Furthermore, when infants were habituated to one of the moving forms and subsequently presented with the same and a new static form, they looked longer at the new form. This indicates that they recognized the static form as either the same or different from the moving form seen before, although the optical sources of information were completely different. At 3 months, infants can therefore effectively use kinetic information to organize the visual input in higher-order structures. |
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Authors:
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R Kaufmann-Hayoz; F Kaufmann; M Stucki |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Child development Volume: 57 ISSN: 0009-3920 ISO Abbreviation: Child Dev Publication Date: 1986 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1986-05-22 Completed Date: 1986-05-22 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372725 Medline TA: Child Dev Country: UNITED STATES |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 292-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Child Psychology* Discrimination Learning Female Form Perception* Habituation, Psychophysiologic Humans Infant Male Motion Perception* Perceptual Masking Transfer (Psychology) |
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