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ERIC Number: EJ303233
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Development of Knowledge of Visual-Tactual Affordances of Substance.
Gibson, Eleanor J.; Walker, Arlene S.
Child Development, v55 n2 p453-60 Apr 1984
Infants of 12 months were tactually familiarized with either a hard or an elastic substance. Subjects subsequently were shown films of objects moving in patterns characteristic of either hard or elastic objects, and their eye movements were detected. Results suggested that quite young infants detect intermodel invariants specifying some substances and perceive the affordance of the substance. (Author/CI)
Descriptors: Exploratory Behavior, Eye Movements, Infants, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Tactual Perception, Tactual Visual Tests, Visual Perception
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Preferences