The Role of Motion in Infants' Perception of Solid Shape
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perception
- Vol. 12 (6), 707-717
- https://doi.org/10.1068/p120707
Abstract
Previous research has shown that infants as young as the first few months of life perceive several aspects of the three-dimensional environment. Yet we know relatively little about the visual depth information which serves as a basis for their spatial capacities. A study is reported in which a visual habituation procedure was used to examine what types of optical depth information four-month-old infants find useful in visually perceiving solid (three-dimensional) shape. Results imply that in the absence of binocular depth cues four-month-olds rely on kinetic depth information to perceive solid shape.Keywords
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