The development of visual categorization based on high-level cues

Author(s)
Stefanie Peykarjou, Stefanie Hoehl, Sabina Pauen
Abstract

This study investigated the development of rapid visual object categorization. N = 20 adults (Experiment 1), N = 21 five to six-year-old children (Experiment 2), and N = 140 four-, seven-, and eleven-month-old infants (Experiment 3; all predominantly White, 81 females, data collected in 2013-2020) participated in a fast periodic visual stimulation electroencephalographic task. Similar categorization of animal and furniture stimuli emerged in children and adults, with responses much reduced by phase-scrambling (R

2  = .34-.73). Categorization was observed from 4 months, but only at 11 months, high-level cues enhanced performance (R

2  = .11). Thus, first signs of rapid categorization were evident from 4 months, but similar categorization patterns as in adults were recorded only from 11 months on.

Organisation(s)
Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology
External organisation(s)
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Journal
Child Development
Volume
95
Pages
e122-e138
ISSN
0009-3920
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14015
Publication date
10-2023
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
501005 Developmental psychology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/b33ead7d-a5f1-4125-891d-a16987e44b60