The use of perspective as a depth cue with a 2D display in 4 and 5-month-old infants.
Four experiments were conducted to study the use of perspective as a depth cue in infants, using an eye-tracking-system. In the first experiment, no significant difference was observed between the looks for the "normal" and the "strange" events on the complete display and at the target in 4-month-olds. In the second experiment, the results of 5-month-olds were similar to those obtained by 4-month-olds but they looked more at the test events when the "strange" event was presented first. In the third experiment, 5 month-olds were shown a repeated presentation adapted from the "Partial-Lag" design. Infants' exploration of the target indicated that they looked more at the "strange" event than at the "normal" event. In the fourth experiment, the same design was used with 4-month-olds but no difference between conditions was observed. Five-month-olds seem to be able to use the perspective cues alone. These different data are discussed.
Frichtel
Myriam
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aLaboratoire Cognition et Comportement, Université René Descartes/CNRS, 71 Avenue Edouard Vaillant, 92774 Boulogne-Billancourt, Cedex, France. myfricht@yahoo.fr <myfricht@yahoo.fr>
Lécuyer
Roger
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D000367:Age Factors; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D003463:Cues; D003867:Depth Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D013037:Spatial Behavior