Conditions for young infants' perception of object trajectories.

Bremner, J. Gavin and Johnson, Scott P and Slater, Alan M and Mason, Ursula and Foster, Kirsty and Cheshire, Andrea and Spring, Joanne (2005) Conditions for young infants' perception of object trajectories. Child Development, 76 (5). pp. 1029-1043. ISSN 1467-8624

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Abstract

When an object moves behind an occluder and re-emerges, 4-month-old infants perceive trajectory continuity only when the occluder is narrow, raising the question of whether time or distance out of sight is the important constraining variable. One hundred and forty 4-month-olds were tested in five experiments aimed to disambiguate time and distance out of sight. Manipulating the object's visible speed had no effect on infants' responses, but reducing occlusion time by increasing object speed while occluded induced perception of trajectory continuity. In contrast, slowing the ball while it was behind a narrow or intermediate screen did not modify performance. It is concluded that 4-month-olds perceive trajectory continuity when time or distance out of sight is short.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Child Development
Additional Information:
Bremner was lead author. Research arising from ESRC Grant R000238340 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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?? psychologypediatrics, perinatology, and child healtheducationdevelopmental and educational psychologybf psychology ??
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3555
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Deposited On:
10 Mar 2008 15:27
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Yes
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Published
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