Visual Habituation at Five Months: Short-Term Reliability of Measures Obtained With a New Polynomial Regression Criterion

Abstract

Using a new polynomial regression criterion, the authors investigated empirically the short-term reliability of infants' visual habituation measures. Twenty-one 5-month-old infants were tested twice with a 1-day interval. Results revealed many reliable habituation measures, a reliable reaction to novelty measure, and a new reliable measure of interest. The 2nd-order polynomial regression criterion probably produced this improvement because it uses all of the available looking time data.

Key Words:

• habituation criterion
• reliability
• visual habituation