Human Newborn Color Vision: Measurement with Chromatic Stimuli Varying in Excitation Purity.

Adams, Russell J.; Courage, Mary L.

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ERIC Number: EJ559931

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Publication Date: 1998

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Human Newborn Color Vision: Measurement with Chromatic Stimuli Varying in Excitation Purity.

Adams, Russell J.; Courage, Mary L.

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v68 n1 p22-34 Jan 1998

Habituated 180 neonates to white lights of varying luminance and tested for recovery of habituation to green, yellow, or red lights varying in excitation purity. Found that newborns discriminated chromatic stimuli from white only when excitation purity exceeded levels much higher than those for adults. Results reinforce view that neonates' vision is based on general immaturities or inefficiencies. (Author)

Descriptors: Color, Discrimination Learning, Habituation, Infants, Learning Processes, Luminescence, Neonates, Vision, Visual Perception, Visual Stimuli

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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