Habituation, Response to Novelty, and Dishabituation in Human Infants: Tests of a Dual-Process Theory of Visual Attention.

Kaplan, Peter S.; Werner, John S.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Habituation, Response to Novelty, and Dishabituation in Human Infants: Tests of a Dual-Process Theory of Visual Attention.

Kaplan, Peter S.; Werner, John S.

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v42 n2 p199-217 Oct 1986

Tests infants' dual-process performance (a process mediating response decrements called habituation and a state-dependent process mediating response increments called sensitization) on visual habituation-dishabituation tasks. (HOD)

Descriptors: Attention, Habituation, Infants, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Perceptual Development, Responses, Visual Learning, Visual Stimuli

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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