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Visual cliff

The visual cliff is an apparatus created by psychologists Eleanor J. Gibson and Richard D. Walk at Cornell University to investigate depth perception in human and other animal species. It consists of a sturdy surface that is flat but has the appearance of a several-foot drop part-way across. The visual cliff apparatus allowed them to conduct an…

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Non-human experiments

RatsCatsRobert M. YerkesHarvard UniversityHabitat
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Infant studies

Tactile explorationMotor strategiesAvoidance behaviorsHuman infantsFacial expression
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Design

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Original study

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Visual cliff

Nodes26
Edges25
Triples71
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
Components1

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Visual cliff

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related to Maternal signaling · 10
Visual cliff → Campos, If, In, James, Joseph, Sorce, Specifically, This, To, When
related to Original study · 10
Visual cliff → Gibson, However, In, It, Once, Some, The, This, To, Walk
related to Non-human experiments · 9
Visual cliff → After, Before Gibson, Gibson, Later, Overall, Rodkey, The, Thomas Tighe, Walk
related to Cows · 8
Visual cliff → Dairy, Depth, NA Arnold, Over, The, These, This, Twelve
related to Infant studies · 7
Visual cliff → During, Infants, Other, The, These, Thus, When
related to Turtles · 6
Visual cliff → Harvard University, On, Robert, The, They, Yerkes
related to Criticisms · 5
Visual cliff → Another, By, Infants, One, This
related to Preterm infants · 4
Visual cliff → Although, Sixteen, Successful, This
related to Rats · 4
Visual cliff → Hooded, Rats, Their, When
related to Design · 3
Visual cliff → On, Plexiglas, The

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Visual cliffis aapparatus created by psychologists Eleanor J0.90text
a toyinstance ofcalling out for them to come or holding an enticing stimulus0.80text
Visual cliffrelated to CowsThe0.60section
Visual cliffrelated to CowsNA Arnold0.60section
Visual cliffrelated to CowsTwelve0.60section
Visual cliffrelated to CowsOver0.60section
Visual cliffrelated to CowsDairy0.60section
Visual cliffrelated to CowsDepth0.60section
Visual cliffrelated to CowsThese0.60section
Visual cliffrelated to CowsThis0.60section
Visual cliffrelated to CriticismsOne0.60section
Visual cliffrelated to CriticismsBy0.60section

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