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Peer reviewedSteele, Donna; Pederson, David R. – Child Development, 1977
In two experiments, forty 26-week-old infants were repeatedly exposed to an object and were then shown an object that was different from the original object in color, shape and/or texture. Results showed that looking and manipulation increased for the novel shape and texture objects and looking increased for the novel color object. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Dimensional Preference, Infants, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Object Manipulation
Peer reviewedGottfried, Allen W.; And Others – Child Development, 1977
This study investigated infants' differential responding to novel and familiar stimuli after familiarization in a different sensory modality. Results showed that infants gain information about the shape of objects from their oral experience with them and that this information can be transferred to the visual modality. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Dimensional Preference, Infants, Learning Modalities, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
Peer reviewedTyrrell, Donald J. – Child Development, 1977
Analysis of 40 first-grade children's performance on two discrimination learning problems revealed that children do transfer dimensional information between the visual and tactual modalities. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Dimensional Preference, Discrimination Learning, Learning Modalities, Primary Education
Peer reviewedLehman, Elyse Brauch – Child Development, 1972
Results suggest that selective attention is a multifaceted skill, with development of its parts progressing at different rates. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Dimensional Preference, Elementary School Students
