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Science 21 January 1966:
Vol. 151. no. 3708, pp. 354 - 356
DOI: 10.1126/science.151.3708.354
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Age Differences in Infants' Attention to Patterns of Different Complexities

Wendy M. Brennan 1, Elinor W. Ames 2, and Ronald W. Moore 3

1 Department of Psychology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
2 Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
3 Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Infants 3 weeks, 8 weeks, and 14 weeks old were presented with checkerboard patterns which differed in the number of squares they contained. The older the infants, the more complex was the checkerboard that they looked at longest. This result does not appear to depend on changes in visual acuity or accommodation related to age.


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