Perception of kinetic illusory contours by two-month-old infants

Child Development

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 22-34

  Johnson, Scott P ^a   Mason, Uschi ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0141546486     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00389     Document Type: Review

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