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| Child Development | 4 |
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| Chang, Hsing-Wu | 1 |
| Cornell, Edward H. | 1 |
| Fagan, Joseph F. III | 1 |
| Komer, M. Joan | 1 |
| Trehub, Sandra E. | 1 |
| Zelazo, Philip R. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedFagan, Joseph F. III – Child Development, 1976
A series of five experiments explore the 7-month-old infant's ability to discriminate among photos of faces. The infant's tendency to choose visual targets for inspection provides evidence of discrimination and recognition. (Author/JH)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Infant Behavior, Infants, Pattern Recognition
Peer reviewedCornell, Edward H. – Child Development, 1975
An investigation of 4-month-old children's attention responses to pattern dimensions and orientations by comparing the duration of an infant's fixation to changes in the orientation and structural arrangement of a previously exposed pattern. (ED)
Descriptors: Attention, Dimensional Preference, Infant Behavior, Pattern Recognition
Peer reviewedChang, Hsing-Wu; Trehub, Sandra E. – Child Development, 1977
Assessed the ability of 5-month-old infants to discriminate between auditory tone patterns differing in temporal arrangement but utilizing the same component tones. Heart rate change provided the measure of pattern discrimination. (JMB)
Descriptors: Adaptation Level Theory, Arousal Patterns, Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Stimuli
Peer reviewedZelazo, Philip R.; Komer, M. Joan – Child Development, 1971
Results demonstrate that 12 - 15 - week-old male infants smile to nonsocial stimuli, and offers support for the recognition hypothesis of infant smiling. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Hypothesis Testing, Infant Behavior, Infants
