Synchronous change and perception of object unity: Evidence from adults and infants

Cognition

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-288

  Jusczyk, Peter W ^a   Johnson, Scott P ^b   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^c   Kennedy, Lori J ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gestalt versus ecological theories; Infant perception; Object perception; Object unity; Synchronous change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRIGHTNESS; COGNITION; COLOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ADULT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTALT THEORY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING;

EID: 0033618323     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(99)00026-8     Document Type: Article

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