Measuring the Speed of Newborn Object Recognition in Controlled Visual Worlds

Autor/inn/en	Wood, Justin N.; Wood, Samantha M. W.
Titel	Measuring the Speed of Newborn Object Recognition in Controlled Visual Worlds
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 20 (2017) 4, (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-7687
DOI	10.1111/desc.12470
Schlagwörter	Infants; Animals; Recognition (Psychology); Vision; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); Familiarity; Object Permanence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Recognition; Wiedererkennen; Objektpermanenz
Abstract	How long does it take for a newborn to recognize an object? Adults can recognize objects rapidly, but measuring object recognition speed in newborns has not previously been possible. Here we introduce an automated controlled-rearing method for measuring the speed of newborn object recognition in controlled visual worlds. We raised newborn chicks ("Gallus gallus") in strictly controlled environments that contained no objects other than a single virtual object, and then measured the speed at which the chicks could recognize that object from familiar and novel viewpoints. The chicks were able to recognize the object rapidly, at presentation rates of 125 ms per image. Further, recognition speed was equally fast whether the object was presented from familiar viewpoints or novel viewpoints (30 degree and 60 degree azimuth rotations). Thus, newborn chicks can recognize objects across novel viewpoints within a fraction of a second. These results demonstrate that newborns are capable of both rapid and invariant object recognition at the onset of vision. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01