Dominance of Global Visual Properties at Birth.

Six experiments are reported that were aimed at demonstrating the presence in newborns of a perceptual dominance of global over local visual information in hierarchical patterns, similar to that observed in adults (D. Navon, 1977, 1981). The first four experiments showed that, even though both leve...

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Published in:	Journal of Experimental Psychology. General Vol. 131; no. 3; pp. 398 - 412
Main Authors:	Cassia, Viola Macchi, Simion, Francesca, Milani, Idanna
Format:	Article
Published:	American Psychological Association September 2002
Subjects:	Child psychology Infants Visual perception Newborn infants
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