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ERIC Number: EJ588457
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0277
Infants' Ability To Use Object Kind Information for Object Individuation.
Xu, Fei; Carey, Susan; Welch, Jenny
Cognition, v70 n2 p137-66 Mar 1999
Adult and 10- and 12-month olds participated in two experiments to determine reliance of infants on object-kind information in solving problems of object individuation. Findings converge with those of object-first hypothesis of developmental course of object individuation. Findings suggest that young infants may represent one concept as criteria for individuation; kind concepts are acquired later in the year. (LBT)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Habituation, Infants, Learning Processes, Object Permanence, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Individuation; Object Constancy; Object Relations