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Expectation and Anticipation of Dynamic Visual Events by 3.5-Month-Old Babies.
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Haith, Marshall M.; And Others – Child Development, 1988
Findings indicate that infants can detect regularity in spatiotemporal series; will develop expectancies for events in the series; and will act on the basis of those expectancies even when their actions have no effect on the stimulus events. (PCB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Expectation, Eye Movements
The Relation between Nonnutritive Sucking and Visual Information Processing in the Human Newborn
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Mendelson, Morton J.; Haith, Marshall M. – Child Development, 1975
The relationship between neonatal visual information-processing and the burst-pause pattern of nonnutritive sucking was explored. (JMB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Infant Behavior, Patterned Responses, Responses
Infant Visual Scanning of Two- and Three-dimensional Forms
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Pipp, Sandra L.; Haith, Marshall M. – Child Development, 1977
Results showed that 2- and 3-dimensional forms affected 4- and 8-week-old infant visual behavior differently. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Infant Behavior, Infants, Perceptual Development
The Development of Infants' Reaches for Stationary and Moving Targets.
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Wentworth, Naomi; Benson, Janette B.; Haith, Marshall M. – Child Development, 2000
Examined organization of 5.5, 8.5, and 11.5-month-olds' reaching skill for stationary and moving targets. Found that infants of all ages made anticipatory adjustments of hand alignment; effectiveness of these adjustments improved with age. Regardless of age, infants used dynamic information from spinning and oscillating targets to update ongoing…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Infant Behavior, Infants