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McGurk, Harry – J Exp Child Psychol, 1970
Series of experiments indicates that young infants are more sensitive to the spatial orientation of forms than was previously thought. This report is based on a dissertation submitted to the University of Strathclyde, August, 1969, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MSc. (MH)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Infant Behavior, Space Orientation, Visual Perception
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McGurk, Harry – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1972
Infants of 6 months and older can be said to have discriminated between different orientations of the same form. (Author)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Discrimination Learning, Eye Fixations, Infants
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McGurk, Harry – Child Development, 1972
Results indicate that for children in this study's age range orientation is a less salient discriminative cue than either size or color. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Dimensional Preference, Discrimination Learning, Orientation, Preschool Children
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McGurk, Harry; Jahoda, Gustav – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1975
Tries to unravel some of the problems concerning the previous finding that increasing the number of depth cues in pictures has a depressing effect on spatial accuracy of three dimensional reconstruction of pictures. Evidence does not support a deficiency in perceiving pictorial depth in African children. (AM)
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Depth Perception