The Development of Attention to Simple and Complex Visual Stimuli in Infants: Behavioral and Psychophysiological Measures

Overview

Journal Dev Rev

Date 2010 Jun 8

PMID 20526452

Citations 28

Authors

John E Richards

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Abstract

The study of visual attention in infants has used presentation of single simple stimuli, multi-dimensional stimuli, and complex dynamic video presentations. There are both continuities and discontinuities in the findings on attention and attentiveness to stimulus complexity. A continuity is a pattern of looking that is found in the early part of infancy that remains throughout adulthood. A discontinuity is an emerging sensitivity to the content of the information in the stimulus presentations and alterations in patterns of attention based upon stimulus comprehensibility. The current paper reviews some of these findings with particular application to complex video presentations.

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