Infant visual system categorizes common objects by 2 months of age

Featured: Ratan Murty, Assistant Professor, School of Psychology.

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https://www.thetransmitter.org/cognitive-neuroscience/infant-visual-system-cate…

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Tue, 02/24/2026 - 00:00

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Unlike adults, 2-month-old infants (top row) show no evidence of visual categorization within the lateral occipitotemporal complex (black areas), although 9-month-olds (bottom row) show a little bit (maroon).

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The Transmitter

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Featured: Ratan Murty, Assistant Professor, School of Psychology.