PATTERN VISION IN YOUNG INFANTS
PATTERN VISION IN YOUNG INFANTS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf03393306
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发表时间:
1958-01-01
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
FANTZ, RL
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作者:
FANTZ, RL
ResultsNeither the control pair of triangles nor the cross and circle elicted consistent visual preferences. On the other hand, the two pairs presenting variations in type and degree of patterning gave results which were consistent both in successive tests and between Ss. ln total scores for all ten weekly sessions, 19 infants fixated the checkerboard more than the square, compared to only 3 favoring the square. The results were similar for exposures using the large or small squares. Twenty Ss showed higher time scores for the bull's-eye, compared to two for the stripes. Both preferences are significant at the. 00l level, indicating that the ability to discriminate patterns was present during the first six months of age. Fig. 2 shows developmental curves for the two pairs of patterns which gave significant overall results. An increase in the checkerboard preference is evident around eight weeks. A reversal from a stripes to a bull's-eye preference was shown at eight weeks.The latter change was an unexpected and unexplained finding, although it is one of the most consistent aspects of the results. Of the 12 infants who were first tested before eight weeks of age, ll showed a clear reversal of preference from stripes to bull's eye. The 10 older infants all showed a consistent bull's-eye preference. The change of preference could not have been caused by an unknown change in testing procedure, experimental conditions, or stimulus patterns during the course of the experiment, since it occurred at widely varying dates for different Ss, and with duplicate sets of patterns. The preference reversal was not related to amount of testing experience, as may be seen in Fig. 3. This is a scatterplot between age and preference score for the first testing of each S. Of the 16 Ss under seven weeks, only 2 fixated the bull's-eye more than the stripes, while all 14 over seven weeks did so. The in-crease in checkerboard preference with age at first test was not as consistent as the other change, but still was significant at the. 05 level. Of the ló infants under 7 weeks, 10 preferred the checkerboard, of the 14 older infants, 11 pre-