ABSTRACT: Tested 107 4-mo-old infants in 5 experiments for their ability to recognize degraded visual targets as a
 function of individual differences in fixation duration. Targets were degraded by removing 10% of the total contour either from
 vertices (vertex-absent) or from midsegments (vertex-present). Results show qualitative and quantitative differences between
 long and short lookers' ability to recognize the degraded forms. Short-looking Ss recognized degraded forms in both
 vertex-absent and vertex-present conditions, but the vertex-absent discrimination was more difficult. Long-looking Ss
 required longer familiarization times before recognizing targets in the vertex-present condition, and were unable to recognize
 targets in the vertex-absent condition. The findings are discussed within the framework of the persistence of early visual
 processing strategies, and reliance of long-looking infants on particular local elements in visual analysis. ((c) 1997
 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved)

 DESCRIPTORS:
        (*=Major)
                 Eye Fixation * | Recognition (Learning) * | Stimulus Parameters * | Visual Perception * | (Childhood)
                 (Infants)
   KEY PHRASE:
                 individual differences in fixation duration & ertex absent vs vertex present degraded visual targets, target
                 recognition, 4 mo olds
  CLASS. CODE:
                 Cognitive & Perceptual Development (2820)
   AGE GROUP:
                 Childhood (birth-12 yrs) | Infancy (1-23 mo)
  POPULATION:
                 Human | Male | Female
       UPDATE:
                 19970101