Infants' perception of object trajectories.

Johnson, Scott P and Bremner, J. Gavin and Slater, Alan M and Mason, Ursula and Foster, Kirsty and Cheshire, Andrea (2003) Infants' perception of object trajectories. Child Development, 74 (1). pp. 94-108. ISSN 0009-3920

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Abstract

Filling in the gaps in what humans see is a fundamental perceptual skill, but little is known about the developmental origins of occlusion perception. Three experiments were conducted with infants between 2 and 6 months of age to investigate perception of the continuity of an object trajectory that was briefly occluded. The pattern of results across experiments provided little evidence of veridical responses to trajectory occlusion in the youngest infants, but by 6 months, perceptual completion was more robust. Four–month–olds’ responses indicated that they perceived continuity under a short duration of occlusion, but when the object was out of sight for a longer interval, they appeared to perceive the trajectory as discontinuous. These results suggest that perceptual completion of a simple object trajectory (and, by logical necessity, veridical object perception) is not functional at birth but emerges across the first several months after onset of visual experience.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Child Development
Additional Information:
Bremner was senior author and devised the main experiments. Research arising from ESRC Grant to Bremner held at Lancaster, with Slater (Exeter) as co-applicant and Johnson (NYU) as international collaborator. RAE_import_type : Journal article RAE_uoa_type : Psychology
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Subjects:
?? PSYCHOLOGYPEDIATRICS, PERINATOLOGY, AND CHILD HEALTHEDUCATIONDEVELOPMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGYBF PSYCHOLOGY ??
ID Code:
3556
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Deposited On:
10 Mar 2008 15:55
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Yes
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Published
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