Preferential looking is a method used in developmental psychology and psychophysics to assess the visual preferences of infants and young children. The basic premise is that if infants can perceive and differentiate between two or more visual stimuli, they will tend to look longer at the one that captures their interest more. In studies using preferential looking, infants are typically presented with two or more stimuli side by side, such as images, patterns, or objects.
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