Bremner, J. Gavin and Slater, Alan M and Mason, Ursula and Spring, Joanne and Johnson, Scott P (2013) Trajectory perception and object continuity: Effects of shape and color change on 4-month-olds' perception of object identity. Developmental Psychology. ISSN 0012-1649 (In Press)
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Previous work has demonstrated that infants use object trajectory continuity as a cue to the constant identity of an object, but results are equivocal regarding the role of object features, with some work suggesting that a change in the appearance of an object does not cue a change in identity. In an experiment involving 72 participants we investigated the effects of changing object shape and color, singly and in combination, on 4-month-olds' perception of object continuity. A change in the shape of an object while it passed behind an occluder had no effect on perception of continuity, whereas a change in shape and color led to perception of discontinuity, and a change in color led to no clear percept regarding continuity or discontinuity. These results are discussed in terms of a perceptual learning model of development of object identity.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Developmental Psychology |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > Psychology |
| ID Code: | 54129 |
| Deposited By: | ep_importer_pure |
| Deposited On: | 14 May 2012 15:06 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | In Press |
| Last Modified: | 09 May 2013 11:35 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/54129 |
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