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Synchronous Change and Perception of Object Unity: Evidence from Adults and Infants.

Authors :
Jusczyk, Peter W.
Johnson, Scott P.
Kennedy, Lori J.
Spelke, Elizabeth S.
Source :
Cognition. Jul 30 1999 71(3):257-288.
Publication Year :
1999

Abstract

This study compared role of motion in adults' and infants' perception of object unity. Findings favored ecologically-oriented accounts of object perception. Motion was a determinant of object unity for infants. Alignment and common motion contributed to adults' object-unity perception; synchronous color changes did not. Infants detected synchronous changes, but failed to use them as information for object unity. (Author/KB)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0010-0277
Volume :
71
Issue :
3
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Cognition
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
EJ591846
Document Type :
Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research