Which statement about infants' ability to distinguish objects is true?
A. At first, infants rely more on shape, color, and pattern than on motion.
B. Habituation research reveals that newborns can perceive a ball's path as continuous even if the ball moves back and forth behind a screen.
C. Five-month-olds can keep track of an object that travels on a curvilinear course at varying speeds.
D. In the first year, infants need to detect a change in two features to determine that a disappearing object is distinct from an emerging object.
Answer: C
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