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Infancy

• 1971 ----- color ----- 18 min ----- 16mm
• Recreates the landmark experiment that demonstrated that human infants are born with very sophisticated perceptual mechanisms. Babies, too young to have learned the reaction, recoil from an approaching solid object. In another experiment an infant is given the opportunity to control the visual stimulation he receives and chooses more stimulation. Some of the experiments were conducted by faculty at the University of Washington.
• Topics: (Child Study, Pediatrics, Psychology: Developmental)

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