Department of Psychology, University of Washington, ... Novelty preferences were measured using a forced-choice novelty preference technique. In the second technique, infants are familiarized to a pair of identical chromatic disks. A test phase follows in which the chromaticity of one of the disks is changed (novel).
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If you consider that the mind is tabula rasa at birth, every new thing that comes into an infant's consciousness is "novelty" and he/she is going to pay attention to it. There really is nothing more to it than that--unless you believe the mind is NOT tabula rasa and that it comes ... Open Questions in Psychology...
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The impact of stimulus 'value' in infant novelty preference. Najm-Briscoe RG, Thomas DG, Overton S. Department of Psychology, 215 N. Murray, Oklahoma State ...
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visual novelty preference Infant's preference for new rather than familiar sights. (133) ... visual preference An infant's tendency to look longer at certain stimuli than at others. (105)
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Prenatal cocaine exposure and infants' preference for novelty and distractibility. ... find Journal of Genetic Psychology articles. LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF PRENATAL COCAINE EXPOSURE on cognitive functioning is of much interest to the research c... ... Article from: The Journal of Genetic Psychology...
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Background and Aims: The interpretation of infant looking behavior in preferential-looking paradigms has been a continuing source of debate in the field of Developmental Psychology. ... visual-paired comparison; event-related potentials; memory; novelty preference...
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Brauer, Anne Lisa; Psychology ... The present study used eye tracking to establish a sensitive measure of attention novelty preference and to observe the age-disparate effects of emotional valence on overt visual attention over time.
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JOV article - Familiarity vs. novelty principles for preference by Shimojo, Park, Lebon, Schleim, & Shimojo ... On the other hand, natural scenes showed a quick decrease with saturation, a tendency of novelty preference in general. Geometric figures stayed neutral over trials, thus no strong bias either way.
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of Psychology, Adelaide, Australia, 1997The research on which this thesis is based consisted of four studies and two complementary investigation of the data as described below. Details and design of the ... This chapter also places the concurrent of novelty preference scores in reation to developmental indices.
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Department of Life Sciences/Psychology, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902. uehara@mochy.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp ... Developmental changes within children, from low scores on recognition coupled with novelty preference to high scores on recognition coupled with familiarity preference, were observed.
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