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Three experiments were conducted to determine whether 4-month-old infants perceive and respond to holograms as real objects. Infants in the first experiment failed to differentiate between a hologram of a toy car and the real car from which the hologram was constructed. In a second and third experiment, infants responded to holograms of two objects as they did to the real objects. The implications of using holograms in the study of early perceptual development are discussed.
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The research was supported by an NICHD postdoctoral fellowship (1F32 HD 06231) to the first author, and by grants to the University of Minnesota, Center for Research in Human Learning (NSF/BNS-77-22075 and HD-01136).
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Nelson, C.A., Salapatek, P. The 4-month-old infant’s perception of holograms and real objects: A demonstration of equivalence. Perception & Psychophysics 36, 343–348 (1984). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03202787
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