Size constancy in infants: 4-Month-olds' responses to physical versus retinal image size

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1398-1404

  Granrud, Carl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Familiar size; Infancy; Novel size; Object perception; Perceptual development; Preferences; Retinal image size; Size constancy; Size perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETINA; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33845646873     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.32.6.1398     Document Type: Article

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