An interesting phenomenon discussed a bit ago in my Cognitive Development course was the importance of self-based locomotion in spatial knowledge and awareness. For that course, I’ve actually just received the go-ahead from the professor, Dr. Bob Siegler, to write my final paper on this specific area of children’s development.
A great experiment that illuminates the [...]
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Self-based Locomotion
March 29th, 2008 · No Comments · cmu, cognitive science, vision
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Testing infants’ vision (aka, why stripes rule.)
February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · cmu, cognitive science, vision
Occasionally I’m called out for wearing stripes too often, but what can I say, they’re so… visually interesting. And that’s not just me talking here, that’s cold, hard science. As I’ve discovered in my Cognitive Development course with Dr. Bob Siegler, the fact that stripes are more visually interesting makes all the difference when [...]
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