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Trajectory perception and object continuity: effects of shape and color change on 4-month-olds' perception of object identity

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Trajectory perception and object continuity: effects of shape and color change on 4-month-olds' perception of object identity. / Bremner, J. Gavin; Slater, Alan M; Mason, Ursula et al.
In: Developmental Psychology, Vol. 49, No. 6, 06.2013, p. 1021-1026.

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Bremner, JG, Slater, AM, Mason, U, Spring, J & Johnson, SP 2013, 'Trajectory perception and object continuity: effects of shape and color change on 4-month-olds' perception of object identity', Developmental Psychology, vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 1021-1026. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029398

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Bremner, J. G., Slater, A. M., Mason, U., Spring, J., & Johnson, S. P. (2013). Trajectory perception and object continuity: effects of shape and color change on 4-month-olds' perception of object identity. Developmental Psychology, 49(6), 1021-1026. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029398

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Bremner JG, Slater AM, Mason U, Spring J, Johnson SP. Trajectory perception and object continuity: effects of shape and color change on 4-month-olds' perception of object identity. Developmental Psychology. 2013 Jun;49(6):1021-1026. Epub 2012 Jul 16. doi: 10.1037/a0029398

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Bremner, J. Gavin ; Slater, Alan M ; Mason, Ursula et al. / Trajectory perception and object continuity : effects of shape and color change on 4-month-olds' perception of object identity. In: Developmental Psychology. 2013 ; Vol. 49, No. 6. pp. 1021-1026.

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abstract = "Previous work has demonstrated that infants use object trajectory continuity as a cue to the constant identity of an object, but results are equivocal regarding the role of object features, with some work suggesting that a change in the appearance of an object does not cue a change in identity. In an experiment involving 72 participants we investigated the effects of changing object shape and color, singly and in combination, on 4-month-olds' perception of object continuity. A change in the shape of an object while it passed behind an occluder had no effect on perception of continuity, whereas a change in shape and color led to perception of discontinuity, and a change in color led to no clear percept regarding continuity or discontinuity. These results are discussed in terms of a perceptual learning model of development of object identity.",
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