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ERIC Number: EJ314293
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Perception of Symmetry in Infancy: The Salience of Vertical Symmetry and the Perception of Pattern Wholes.
Bornstein, Marc H.; Krinsky, Sharon J.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v39 n1 p1-19 Feb 1985
Four experiments assessed converging aspects of four-month-old infants' perceptions of visual patterns. Results together corroborate and extend previous findings that vertical symmetry has a special status in early perceptual development and that infants can perceive pattern wholes. (Author/AS)
Descriptors: Dimensional Preference, Discrimination Learning, Infants, Perception, Perceptual Development, Visual Discrimination, Visual Perception, Visual Stimuli
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Stimulus Characteristics; Stimulus Preference