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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 reviewedSchmidt, Constance R.; Shatz, Marilyn – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Examines how children's responses to questions about object terms varied across objects and the degree to which children specified common and conventional values for different object dimensions. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedMiller, Leon K. – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Investigates age differences in selective attention in a coded visual search task where subjects were given different types of information about target location before trial onset. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Control, Cognitive Processes, College Students
