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ERIC Number: EJ626878
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0965
Information Pick-Up by Infants: What Is It, and How Can We Tell?
Rovee-Collier, Carolyn
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v78 n1 p35-49 Jan 2001
Considers reasons for infants' selective looking and information gathering. Discusses three general theoretical issues raised by studies of selective looking, related to type of information gathered, speed of processing time, and the effect of prior exposure on processing time. Considers these issues in relation to Needham's study of infant perception. (JPB)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Associative Learning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Infants, Perception, Recognition (Psychology), Theories
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Comments on Needham's article (PS531577) in this issue.