Development of modal and amodal completion in infants
Yumiko Otsuka1, So Kanazawa, Masami K Yamaguchi
1Department of Psychology, Chuo University, 742-1, Higashinakano, Hachioji-city, Tokyo 192-0393, Japan. o2341004@crow.grad.tamacc.chuo-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
Visual completion has been divided into two types: modal and amodal. While psychophysical studies with adults provided several common properties between modal and amodal completion, studies with infants showed differential trends in the development of these perceptual abilities. In the present study, we further examined the development of these two kinds of visual completion in infants aged 3 to 6 months. We created a display composed of a partially overlapping circle and square. The display induced either modal or amodal completion depending on the colour. Infants were familiarised with either the modal or the amodal display. After this familiarisation, the infants were tested on their discrimination between the complete figure and the broken figure. If the infants could perceptually complete the figures in the familiarisation display, they were expected to show a novelty preference for the broken figure. A total of thirty-two infants participated in the present study. Our results suggest that modal completion develops by 3-4 months of age, whereas amodal completion develops by 5-6 months of age.
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