Basic-level category discriminations by 7- and 9-month-olds in an object examination task
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Research indicates that infants under one year of age are able to tell the difference between dogs and cats. Data were obtained using categorization tasks with cat and dog replicas for 7-month-old and 9-month-old infant subjects; categorization was based on feature distributions.
Publication Name: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0022-0965
Year: 2003
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Different Gestalt processing for different actions? Comparing object-directed reaching and looking time measures
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A comparison of studies of infant Gestalt processing based on looking and reaching behaviors is presented. Results disclose a strong evidence of dissociation between object perception process associated with reaching and looking behaviors of infants at 6 and 7 months of age.
Publication Name: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0022-0965
Year: 2005
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The interplay between perceptual organization and categorization in the representation of complex visual patterns by young infants
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An experimental study on visual cognition of infants is presented.
Publication Name: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0022-0965
Year: 2006
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