Infants' perception of symmetry in complex visual sequences.

The present study investigated infants from age 4-months-old to 12-months-old ability to perceive structural symmetry in mosaics like coloured abstract visual patterns. The spontaneous looking behaviour in infants was measured to mosaic-like sequences that had symmetrical and asymmetrical structures. The sequences were a composition of square tiles from two categories differentiated on the basis of their colour and shapes. The tile's length and abstract symmetry were manipulated.

The present study investigated infants from age 4-months-old to 12-months-old ability to perceive structural symmetry in mosaics like colouredd abstract visual patterns. The spontaneous lookinbehaviourour in infants was measured to mosaic-like sequences that had symmetrical and asymmetrical structures. The sequences were a composition of square tiles from two categories differentiated on the basis of thecolourlour and shapes. The tile's length and abstract symmetry were manipulated.