Development of sensitivity to pictorial depth

Science. 1978 Apr 7;200(4337):77-9. doi: 10.1126/science.635576.

Abstract

Sensitivity to static pictorial information for depth develops between 22 and 26 weeks of age. When conflicting binocular and surface-texture information was minimized, 26- to 30-week-old infants directed their reaching to the apparently closer side of a photograph of a window rotated in depth. Younger infants, from 20 to 22 weeks of age, did not direct their reaching to the pictorially nearer side of the display but did reach with a high degree of directionality when presented with a real window rotated in depth.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Behavior / physiology
  • Child Development*
  • Depth Perception / physiology*
  • Environment
  • Humans
  • Infant