Table 5. ARITHMETIC TRANSFORMATIONS.
Visual tracking, Violation of Expectation Procedure
Study | Age | Transformation Tested | Longer looking for Unexpected Number Transformation? | Continuous Variables Controlled? | Longer Looking for Unexpected Area Transformation? |
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Wynn (1992) | 4-5 mos | 1+1 | Yes | No | Yes |
Wynn (1992) | 4-5 mos | 2-1 | Yes | No | Yes |
Simon, Hespos, & Rochat (1995) | 3-5 mos | 1+1 | Yes | No | Yes |
Simon, Hespos, & Rochat (1995) | 3-5 mos | 2-1 | Yes | No | Yes |
Feigenson, Carey, & Spelke (2002), Experiements 6 & 7 | 6-7 mos | 1+1 | No | Yes | Yes |
Feigenson, Carey, & Spelke (2002), Experiements 6 & 7 | 6-7 mos | 2-1 | No | Yes | Yes |
Uller, Carey, Huntley-Fenner, & Klatt (1999) | 8 and 10 mos | 1+1 | Yes | No | Yes |
McCrink & Wynn (2004) | 8-9 month olds | 5+10 | Yes | Yes | NA |
McCrink & Wynn (2004) | 8-9 month olds | 10-5 | Yes | Yes | NA |
Gao, Levine, & Huttenlocher (2000) | 6-7 mos | ¼ + ½ = ¾ | NA | NA | Yes |
This table is list of relevant studies investigating infants’ capacities to respond to transformations of quantity. Stimuli used for most of the studies in this list were three-dimensional dolls. One study (Gao, Levine, & Huttenlocher, 2000) investigated continuous quantity transformation and used liquid in a container as the stimuli. The transformation tested is in Column 3. Column 4 indicates whether infants looked longer at the unexpected outcome to the transformation (for example, looked longer to a scenario of 1+1=1). For the one study investigating continuous quantity transformations, the relevant information for discrimination is in Column 6.