| Visual processing of stimulus compounds in newborn infants. | |
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PMID: 1945730 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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An experiment is described in which newborn infants' processing of stimulus compounds was investigated. After familiarization to two alternately presented stimuli which differed in colour and orientation, the newborns showed significant preferences for a stimulus which had a novel colour/orientation combination: the novel stimulus was produced by recombining features of the stimuli used for familiarization. This finding argues against the view that infants initially process separate components, or parts, of visual stimuli and are only able to attend to the correlations between them after about 3 months of age. Rather, the ability to process and remember stimulus compounds is present at birth. |
Authors:
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A Slater; A Mattock; E Brown; D Burnham; A Young |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Perception Volume: 20 ISSN: 0301-0066 ISO Abbreviation: Perception Publication Date: 1991 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1991-12-17 Completed Date: 1991-12-17 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372307 Medline TA: Perception Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 29-33 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, UK. |
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Attention* Color Perception* Female Habituation, Psychophysiologic Humans Infant, Newborn / psychology* Male Mental Recall Orientation Pattern Recognition, Visual* |
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