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Kovack-Lesh, Kristine A.; Oakes, Lisa M.; McMurray, Bob – Infancy, 2012
We examined how infants' categorization is jointly influenced by previous experience and how much they shift their gaze back and forth between stimuli. Extending previous findings reported by K. A. Kovack-Lesh, J. S. Horst, and L. M. Oakes (2008), we found that 4-month-old infants' (N = 122) learning of the exclusive category of "cats" was related…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Classification, Infants, Attention
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Zesiger, Pascal; Lozeron, Elise Dupuis; Levy, Arik; Frauenfelder, Ulrich H. – Infancy, 2012
The literature reports some contradictory results on the degree of phonological specificity of infants' early lexical representations in the Romance language, French, and Germanic languages. It is not clear whether these discrepancies are because of differences in method, in language characteristics, or in participants' age. In this study, we…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Infants, Deafness, French
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Leerkes, Esther M.; Wong, Maria S. – Infancy, 2012
Differences in infant distress and regulatory behaviors based on the quality of attachment to mother, emotion context (frustration versus fear), and whether or not mothers were actively involved in the emotion-eliciting tasks were examined in a sample of ninety-eight 16-month-old infants and their mothers. Dyads participated in the Strange…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Fear, Parent Child Relationship
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Schmuckler, Mark A.; Jewell, Stephanie – Infancy, 2007
This study examined 6-month-old infants' abilities to use the visual information provided by simulated self-movement through the world, and movement of an object through the world, for spatial orientation. Infants were habituated to a visual display in which they saw a toy hidden, followed by either rotation of the point of observation through the…
Descriptors: Infants, Toys, Spatial Ability, Motion
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Dondi, Marco; Messinger, Daniel; Colle, Marta; Tabasso, Alessia; Simion, Francesca; Barba, Beatrice Dalla; Fogel, Alan – Infancy, 2007
To better understand the form and recognizability of neonatal smiling, 32 newborns (14 girls; M = 25.6 hr) were videorecorded in the behavioral states of alertness, drowsiness, active sleep, and quiet sleep. Baby Facial Action Coding System coding of both lip corner raising (simple or non-Duchenne) and lip corner raising with cheek raising…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Sleep, Neonates, Infant Behavior
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Graham, Susan A.; Stock, Hayli; Henderson, Annette M. E. – Infancy, 2006
We assessed 19-month-olds' appreciation of the conventional nature of object labels versus desires. Infants played a finding game with an experimenter who stated her intention to find the referent of a novel word (word group), to find an object she wanted (desire group), or simply to look in a box (control group). A 2nd experimenter then…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Infants, Infant Behavior, Child Development