Infant Recognition of the Invariant Form of Objects
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Child Development
- Vol. 49 (2), 293-306
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1978.tb02315.x
Abstract
The developing ability to abstract and recogize the invariant form of an object was studied in 6 to 9 mo. old infants. The 9 mo. old infants were capable of recognizing the invariant form of objects. They demonstrated this ability by differentiating a variation of a familiarized object from a configurationally novel object after a period of familiarization involving other variations of the familiar object. The forms of some objects were more difficult to recognize than others, but recognition of the more difficult forms was enhanced by allowing simultaneous comparison of variations during familiarization. The 6 mo. olds did not demonstrate recognition of the invariant form of the experimental objects.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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