Gibson and Walk visual cliff research demonstrated the possibility that visual depth perception and its parameters could be inborn: babies would not crawl across the apparatus to the awaiting arms of their moms.However,recent observations that babies as young as 4 weeks old can be taught to swimand some older ones can even do the backstroke would seem to pose a theoreticl threat to the validity of the innate foundations of the depth-fear paradigm of the Visual cliff. It would be interesting to see if the results of teaching babies and young infants(incidentally all these observations have been on white babies and infants) to swim at an early age would also extend to black babies and infants. Michael 'omnicentric' Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=22314 or send a blank email to leave-22314-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
