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Development of Infants' Attention to Faces during the First Year
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Frank, Michael C.; Vul, Edward; Johnson, Scott P. – Cognition, 2009
In simple tests of preference, infants as young as newborns prefer faces and face-like stimuli over distractors. Little is known, however, about the development of attention to faces in complex scenes. We recorded eye-movements of 3-, 6-, and 9-month-old infants and adults during free-viewing of clips from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (an animated…
Descriptors: Neonates, Social Development, Films, Human Body
Visual Statistical Learning in Infancy: Evidence for a Domain General Learning Mechanism.
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Kirkham, Natasha Z.; Slemmer, Jonathan A.; Johnson, Scott P. – Cognition, 2002
Habituated 2-, 5-, and 8-month-olds to visual stimuli following statistically predictable pattern, then showed the familiar pattern alternating with novel sequence of identical stimuli. Found significantly greater interest in novel sequence at all ages. Results support likelihood of domain general statistical learning in infancy and imply that…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Habituation, Infant Behavior, Infants