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ERIC Number: EJ401219
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Effects of Motion and Figural Goodness on Haptic Object Perception in Infancy.
Streri, Arlette; Spelke, Elizabeth S.
Child Development, v60 n5 p1111-25 Oct 1989
After haptic habituation to a ring display, infants perceived the rings in two experiments as parts of one connected object. In both haptic and visual modes, infants appeared to perceive object unity by analyzing motion but not by analyzing figural goodness. (RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Infants, Motion, Perception, Tactual Perception
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Figural Goodness; Preferential Looking; Stimulus Characteristics