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Horobin, Karen; Acredolo, Linda – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1986
Examines the relationship between visual attentiveness, search behavior, and duration of independent mobility for 56 eight-to ten-month-old infants when presented with three versions of the Piagetian Stage IV object permanence task. (HOD)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Behavior Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes

Pipp, Sandra; Haith, Marshall M. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1984
Visual fixations were recorded in newborn, 4-, and 8-week-old human infants as they scanned displays that varied in contour length, size, number, and a new metric, CVAL (based on Contour Variability, Amount and Location). One of the findings was that both contour length and CVAL separately accounted for approximatel1 95 of looking-duration…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Span, Dimensional Preference, Eye Fixations