PSY E202 Lecture 6: Psy E202 Class 6
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The more it notices something the less surprised it is when the baby sees it again. Approaches that of adults by age 8 months and reaches full adult acuity by 6 years of age. Young infants prefer to look at patterns off high visual contrast because they have poor contrast sensitivity (ability to detect differences in light and darkness) Very young infants have limited color vision, but by 2-3 months of age, their color vision is similar to that of adults. One month olds scan the perimeters of shapes. Two month olds scan both the perimeters and the interiors of shapes. Although infants begin scanning the environment right away, they cannot track even slowly moving objects smoothly until 2-3 months of age. From birth, infants are drawn to faces because of the bias towards the configuration of the faces in the upper half of the face.
