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ERIC Number: EJ526446
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0965
Habituation of the Orienting Response to Stimuli of Different Functional Values in 4-Month-Old Infants.
Malcuit, Gerard; And Others
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v62 n2 p272-91 Jul 1996
Examined the effect of functional values of stimuli on orienting response elicitation. Subjects were 50 4-month-old infants and were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 experimental conditions. Results suggested the importance of taking into account the functional value of stimuli when analyzing infant attention. (MOK)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Habituation, Infant Behavior, Infants, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Stimuli
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Orienting Response; Visual Attention