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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-5-4
pubmed:abstractText
The ability to individuate objects is one of our most fundamental cognitive capacities. Recent research has revealed that when objects vary in color or luminance alone, infants fail to individuate those objects until 11.5 months. However, color and luminance frequently covary in the natural environment, thus providing a more salient and reliable indicator of distinct objects. For this reason, we propose that infants may be more likely to individuate when objects vary in both color and luminance. Using the narrow-screen task of Wilcox and Baillargeon (1998a), in Experiment 1 we assessed 7.5-month-old infants' ability to individuate uniformly colored objects that varied in both color and luminance or luminance alone. Experiment 2 further explored the link between color and luminance by assessing infants' ability to use pattern differences that included luminance or color to individuate objects. Results indicated that infants individuated objects only when covariations in color and luminance were used. These studies add to a growing body of literature investigating the interaction of color and luminance in object processing in infants and have implications for developmental changes in the nature and content of infants' object representations.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1939-0599
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
2010 APA, all rights reserved
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
681-90
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Covariation of color and luminance facilitate object individuation in infancy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Human Development and Family Science, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA. rebecca.woods@ndsu.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural