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ERIC Number: EJ439956
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
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Object Permanence in Young Infants: Further Evidence.
Baillargeon, Renee; DeVos, Julie
Child Development, v62 n6 p1227-46 Dec 1991
Observed the reactions of 3.5-month-old infants looking at a carrot that should have but did not appear in a window after passing behind a screen. The results of this and several similar experiments indicated that 3.5-month-old infants are able to represent and reason about hidden objects. (BC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Habituation, Infants, Object Permanence, Piagetian Theory, Sex Differences, Visual Stimuli
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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