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Temporal Sequence of Global‐Local Processing in 3‐Month‐Old Infants
Author(s) -
Frick Janet E.,
Colombo John,
Allen Jennifer Ryther
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
infancy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.361
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1532-7078
pISSN - 1525-0008
DOI - 10.1207/s15327078in0103_6
Subject(s) - novelty , psychology , sequence (biology) , developmental psychology , duration (music) , function (biology) , local structure , cognitive psychology , communication , social psychology , evolutionary biology , art , genetics , physics , literature , chemical physics , biology
In 3 experiments, the temporal processing sequence of local and global visual properties was investigated with 3‐month‐old infants. Across the experiments, a global pattern was discriminated under conditions of less familiarization than was necessary for local elements to be discriminated, thus indicating a global precedence in the sequence of visual processing at 3 months of age. Patterns of discrimination were also observed to vary as a function of individual differences in infants' look duration. Furthermore, the pattern of novelty and familiarity preferences for short‐looking infants varied in complex ways as a function of familiarization time: Preferences for novel global properties were supplanted by familiarity preferences at the point in familiarization at which infants first became sensitive to local properties.