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Eizenman, Dara R.; Bertenthal, Bennett I. – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Three experiments examined 4- and 6-month-olds' sensitivity to the unity of a partly occluded moving rod undergoing translation, rotation, or oscillation. Findings suggested that all types of common motion were not equivalent for specifying infants' perceptions of occluded objects. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Infant Behavior, Infants
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Subbotskii, E. V. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1991
Examines perceptions of adults compared with preschool children in assuming object permanence or discontinuity of existence when an object is removed from their immediate perceptual field. Results showed that a belief in the possibility of the discontinuity of material objects is not unique to the minds of preschool children but can also be…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Beliefs, Cognitive Processes