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Lewis, Terri L.; Maurer, Daphne – Child Development, 1986
Compares estimates of monocular visual resolution of children 6- to 36-months of age with three psychophysical procedures: the Probabilistic Estimation by Sequential Testing (PEST), a modification of the PEST procedure, and the method-of-constant stimuli. (HOD)
Descriptors: Eye Fixations, Eye Movements, Infants, Perceptual Development
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Keating, Caroline F.; Bai, Dina L. – Child Development, 1986
Examines how certain human brow and mouth gestures influence the attributions of social dominance made by children. Hypothesizes that stimulus photographs depicting adults with lowered-brow expressions or without smiles appear to be more dominant relative to photographs showing adults with raised-brow expressions or with smiles, respectively. (HOD)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cross Cultural Studies, Eye Movements, Facial Expressions
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Cohen, Michelle E.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1986
Describes two experiments that examined whether the amplitude of the human eyeblink by a mild tap between the eyebrows can be increased if a brief tone is presented simultaneously with the tap and how these effects change from newborn infants to adults. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Auditory Stimuli, Behavior Modification