Illusory contour figures are perceived as occluding contours by 4-month-old infants

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 398-405

  Bremner, J Gavin ^a   Slater, Alan M ^b   Johnson, Scott P ^c   Mason, Uschi C ^a   Spring, Jo ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Illusory contours; Infant perception; Object persistence; Object trajectory; Occlusion

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; ILLUSION; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862988911     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024922     Document Type: Article

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