Infant visual habituation
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The use of visual habituation in the study of infant cognition and learning is reviewed. This article traces the history of the technique, underlying theory, and procedural variation in its measurement. In addition, we review empirical findings with respect to the cognitive processes that presumably contribute to habituation, studies of developmental course and long-term prediction, as well as recent attempts to address or explain the phenomenon of visual habituation through the use of mathematical or quantitative models. The review ends with an appeal for a return to the study of habituation per se as a valid measure of infant learning, rather than relegating the phenomenon to its use as a technique for familiarizing infants in procedures testing for discrimination or recognition.
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The 'dual-process' account of habituation argues that the position of a peak look in the sequence reflects a process of 'sensitization' that is associated with a spike in parasympathetic arousal that increases attention to the stimulus.
“The “dual-process” account [32] of habituation argues that the position of a peak look in the sequence reflects a process of “sensitization” that is associated with a spike in parasympathetic arousal that increases attention to the stimulus [33].”
Habituation paradigms are the most widely used method of assessing visual attention in infancy.
“Habituation paradigms are the most widely used method of assessing visual attention in infancy [33].”
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- Authors
- Colombo, J., & Mitchell, D. W.
- Affiliations
- University of Kansas (US)
- Missouri State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Colombo, John
- ORCID
- Colombo, John
- Venue
- Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-09
- Volume
- 92
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 225-234
- ISSN
- 1074-7427 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2758574
- OpenAlex
- W1979949761
- Cited by
- 237
- References
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- FWCI
- 1.12
- Type
- journal article
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- en
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- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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- Funders
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (P30DC005803)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01 HD41184, R01HD047315, R01HD035903, R01 HD35903, R01 HD29960, R01HD029960, P30HD002528)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Keywords
- infant learning, infant cognition, discrimination learning, recognition memory
- MeSH terms
- Child Development, Cognition, Habituation, Psychophysiologic, Humans, Infant, Learning, Models, Psychological, Time Factors, Visual Perception
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