Infant Response to Facelike Patterns under Fixed-Trial and Infant-Control Procedures

Attempts to determine whether the stimulus dimension to which infants respond is different in fixed-trial and infant-control methodologies. Infants 10 weeks of age were shown four facelike patterns differing along two dimensions: number of elements and extent to which elements were organized to rese...

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Published inChild Development Vol. 54; no. 1; p. 172
Main Author Haaf, Robert A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.02.1983
Subjects
Dimensional Preference
Facial Configuration
Infant Behavior
Infants
Research Methodology
Stimulus Characteristics
Visual Stimuli
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Summary:Attempts to determine whether the stimulus dimension to which infants respond is different in fixed-trial and infant-control methodologies. Infants 10 weeks of age were shown four facelike patterns differing along two dimensions: number of elements and extent to which elements were organized to resemble the human face. (Author/RH)