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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 reviewedTrehub, Sandra E.; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Two experiments involving a total of 177 infants 8 to 11 months of age found that subjects used a global processing strategy like adults' in discriminating transformations of a six-tone melody. Subjects needed melodic contour and frequency range to judge new sequences, but, in easy tasks, they also used absolute frequency. (CB)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Discrimination Learning, Infants
