Visual Attention to Size and Number of Pattern Details by Term and Preterm Infants during the First Six Months

2 dimensions inversely varied in previous complexity studies using checkerboards were varied independently. Patterns with more elements, angles, and information as well as patterns with larger elements received longer fixation at all ages, but initially prepotent size preferences decreased with age...

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Published in:Child development 1975-03, Vol.46 (1), p.3-18
Main Authors: Fantz, Robert L., Fagan, Joseph F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Age groups
Attention
Checkerboards
Contour lines
Female
Fixation, Ocular
Form Perception
Gestation period
Gestational Age
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Infants
Male
Neural development
Newborns
Pattern Recognition, Visual
Pregnancy
Prepotency
Sex Factors
Size Perception
Twins
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Summary:2 dimensions inversely varied in previous complexity studies using checkerboards were varied independently. Patterns with more elements, angles, and information as well as patterns with larger elements received longer fixation at all ages, but initially prepotent size preferences decreased with age while number preferences became stronger. Further analyses showed the inadequacy of contour length as the stimulus determinant for, or of increasing "optimal complexity" with age as the interpretation of, these previous findings. Term-preterm comparisons at 5-week intervals proved changes were a function of prenatal plus postnatal development rather than age from birth alone.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.2307/1128828