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ERIC Number: EJ578048
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0277
Infants Selectively Encode the Goal Object of an Actor's Reach.
Woodward, Amanda L.
Cognition, v69 n1 p1-34 Nov 1998
Four studies used visual habituation to determine whether infants 5, 6, and 9 months old would attend to those aspects of action related to the actor's goals. Found that infants distinguish in their reasoning about human action and object motion. Findings suggest that by 6 months, infants encode actions of persons consistent with more developed understandings of goal-directed action. (LBT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Habituation, Intention, Neonates, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Goal Directed Behavior; Human Action Research; Reasoning Tests