Inability of Five-Month-Old Infants To Retrieve a Contiguous Object: A Failure of Conceptual Understanding or of Control of Action?.

Diamond, Adele; Lee, Eun Young

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ERIC Number: EJ625339

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Publication Date: 2000

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Inability of Five-Month-Old Infants To Retrieve a Contiguous Object: A Failure of Conceptual Understanding or of Control of Action?

Diamond, Adele; Lee, Eun Young

Child Development, v71 n6 p1477-94 Nov-Dec 2000

Examined infants' ability to retrieve an object from atop a slightly larger object. Found that even 5-month-olds could retrieve objects close in size and fully contiguous with their bases when demands on reaching skill were reduced. Proposed that when they fail this task, it is because they lack the skill to reach the top object without accidentally touching the base's edge. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Infant Behavior, Infants, Motor Development, Object Manipulation, Perceptual Motor Learning, Performance Factors, Psychomotor Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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