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ERIC Number: EJ626879
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0965
Reflections on the Study of Infant Perception and Cognition: What Does Morgan's Canon Really Tell Us To Do?
Yonas, Albert
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v78 n1 p50-54 Jan 2001
Comments on Needham's research of infant perception by focusing on the types of evidence needed to make inferences concerning infant cognition. Considers the history of scientific explanations of animal cognition as nearer to infant cognition, and the high level of creativity required in proposing and testing alternative explanations of infant cognition. (JPB)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Associative Learning, Cognitive Development, Infants, Perception, Recognition (Psychology)
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.