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Peer reviewedRivera, Susan M.; Wakeley, Ann; Langer, Jonas – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Two experiments investigated whether 5-month olds would look longer at rotating "drawbridge" appearing to violate physical laws because they knew it was causally impossible. Findings indicated that infants' longer gaze at 180-degree rotations was due to simple perceptual preference for more motion, challenging Baillargeon's (1987) claim…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Dimensional Preference, Habituation, Infant Behavior
Peer reviewedFantz, Robert L.; Miranda, Simon B. – Child Development, 1973
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Development, Dimensional Preference, Downs Syndrome
Direct linkBrannon, Elizabeth M.; Abbott, Sara; Lutz, Donna J. – Cognition, 2004
This brief report attempts to resolve the claim that infants preferentially attend to continuous variables over number [e.g. Psychol. Sci. 10 (1999) 408; Cognit. Psychol.44 (2002) 33] with the finding that when continuous variables are controlled, infants as young as 6-months of age discriminate large numerical values [e.g. Psychol. Sci. 14 (2003)…
Descriptors: Number Concepts, Numbers, Infants, Discrimination Learning
