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Direct linkPhillips, Ann T.; Wellman, Henry M. – Cognition, 2005
When and in what ways do infants recognize humans as intentional actors? An important aspect of this larger question concerns when infants recognize specific human actions (e.g. a reach) as object-directed (i.e. as acting toward goal-objects). In two studies using a visual habituation technique, 12-month-old infants were tested to assess their…
Descriptors: Habituation, Cognitive Development, Infant Behavior, Cognitive Psychology
