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Greenberg, David J.; Blue, Sima Z. – Child Development, 1975
To examine the relationship between visual attention in infancy and the stimulus variables of contour and numerosity, 2- and 4-month-olds were placed in three experimental conditions. The results showed that contour and numerosity, acting in tandem, are responsible for the age-complexity shift observed by previous investigators of infant…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Dimensional Preference, Infants
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Fagen, Jeffrey W. – Child Development, 1980
Four-month-old infants' stimulus preferences were assessed using an operant paradigm with mobile reinforcers of different colors (blue, green). (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Attention, Color, Dimensional Preference, Infant Behavior
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Olsho, Lynne Werner – 1979
This study followed the development of visual preferences in a single infant from birth to 10 weeks of age. The stimuli used were 5 x 10 item arrays of squares of lines in which a 3 x 3 target matrix of the other figure type (line or square) was embedded. The direction of first fixation and the total time spent looking at each side were determined…
Descriptors: Contrast, Dimensional Preference, Infants, Longitudinal Studies
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Jones-Molfese, Victoria J. – Child Development, 1972
This investigation also studied the relationship between gestational age and preferences for contour. (CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Data Analysis, Dimensional Preference, Eye Fixations