Novelty and complexity in human infants' exploratory behaviour.
The effect of novel and complex stimulus cubes on the exploratory behaviour of human infants was analysed in two studies (ns = 30 and 20). Infants showed relatively greater preference for complex patterned cubes, and their exploratory behaviour habituated over 5 days.
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Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India.
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003118:Color Perception; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D005556:Form Perception; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018730:Infant Behavior; D013236:Stereognosis; D014110:Touch