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Wang, Su-hua; Kohne, Lisa – Developmental Psychology, 2007
Four experiments examined whether infants' use of task-relevant information in an action task could be facilitated by visual experience in the laboratory. Twelve- but not 9-month-old infants spontaneously used height information and chose an appropriate (taller) cover in search of a hidden tall toy. After watching examples of covering events in a…
Descriptors: Infants, Visual Perception, Laboratory Experiments, Child Development
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Corkum, Valerie; Moore, Chris – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Two experiments examined the origins of joint visual attention in 6- to 11-month-olds with a training procedure. Results indicated that joint visual attention does not reliably appear prior to 10 months; from about 8 months, a gaze-following response can be learned; and simple learning is not sufficient as the mechanism through which joint…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Cognitive Processes, Cues
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Gottfried, Adele E. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
This study compared the effects of two types of incidental learning paradigms and examined the influence of different kinds of stimulus relationships on first and sixth graders' selective learning processes. (GO)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Dimensional Preference, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
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Lee, Kang; Eskritt, Michelle; Symons, Lawrence A.; Muir, Darwin – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Five experiments examined children's use of eye gaze information for inferring another person's desire. Found that 4-year olds used another's eye direction to infer desires, while 3-year olds could use other nonverbal cues. Two- and 3-year olds used eye gaze for desire inference when presented dynamically with other scaffolding cues. When…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Association (Psychology), Cognitive Development, Cross Sectional Studies