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3668470

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
Two different methods which minimize achromatic cues were used to test the ability of 1-month-olds to discriminate gray from broadband blue (lambda peak = 475-480 nm). Unlike the newborns we tested previously, 1-month-olds demonstrated the discrimination with both methods. In Experiment 1 they showed preferences for each of four blue-and-gray checkerboards over gray squares of the same mean luminance, even though the luminance of the gray checks was varied in small steps over a wide range. In Experiment 2 they looked longer at a blue square than at a gray square, after they had been habituated to five other gray squares of varying luminance. Compared to previous results, these data imply an improvement between birth and 1 month of age in the discrimination of gray from broadband blue. Possible physiological changes underlying this improvement are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0022-0965
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
147-56
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Emergence of the ability to discriminate a blue from gray at one month of age.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't