Temporal Sequence of Global‐Local Processing in 3‐Month‐Old Infants
- 1 July 2000
- Vol. 1 (3), 375-386
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327078in0103_6
Abstract
In 3 experiments, the temporal processing sequence of local and global visual properties was investigated with 3-month-old infants. Across the experiments, a global pattern was discriminated under conditions of less familiarization than was necessary for local elements to be discriminated, thus indicating a global precedence in the sequence of visual processing at 3 months of age. Patterns of discrimination were also observed to vary as a function of individual differences in infants' look duration. Furthermore, the pattern of novelty and familiarity preferences for short-looking infants varied in complex ways as a function of familiarization time: Preferences for novel global properties were supplanted by familiarity preferences at the point in familiarization at which infants first became sensitive to local properties.Keywords
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