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ERIC Number: EJ162681
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Infants' Perception of Similarity between Live People and Their Photographs
Dirks, Jean; Gibson, Eleanor
Child Development, 48, 1, 124-130, Mar 77
Two experiments compared responses of 5-month-old infants to a live person, the person's photograph, photographs of dissimilar persons, and photographs of similar persons. Results indicated that infants use gross physiognomic features to perceive similarity between live persons and their photographs. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Infants, Photographs, Recognition, Visual Perception
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