The role of perceptual and cognitive processes in addition-subtraction studies with 5-month-old infants.
After a brief familiarization period to either one or two toys 5-month-olds gave a clear preference for perceptually novel displays, suggesting that replicable findings of greater looking at an unexpected arithmetic outcome in addition/subtraction experiments cannot easily be attributed to simple familiarity preferences.
School of Psychology, Washington Singer Laboratories, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK. a.m.slater@ex.ac.uk
Alan M
AM
Slater
J Gavin
JG
Bremner
Scott P
SP
Johnson
Rachel A
RA
Hayes
D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D002666:Psychology, Child; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*