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Direct linkBaillargeon, Renee – Developmental Science, 2004
Research over the past 20 years has revealed that even very young infants possess expectations about physical events, and that these expectations undergo significant developments during the first year of life. In this article, I first review some of this research, focusing on infants' expectations about occlusion, containment, and covering events,…
Descriptors: Object Permanence, Infants, Toddlers, Child Development
