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Zmyj, Norbert; Jank, Jana; Schutz-Bosbach, Simone; Daum, Moritz M. – Cognition, 2011
It is well documented that in the first year after birth, infants are able to identify self-performed actions. This ability has been regarded as the basis of conscious self-perception. However, it is not yet known whether infants are also sensitive to aspects of the self when they cannot control the sensory feedback by means of self-performed…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Infants, Cognitive Ability, Self Concept
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Song, Hyun-joo; Baillargeon, Renee; Fisher, Cynthia – Cognition, 2005
The present research investigated whether 13.5-month-old infants would attribute to an actor a disposition to perform a recurring action, and would then use this information to predict which of two new objects--one that could be used to perform the action and one that could not--the actor would grasp next. During familiarization, the infants…
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Cognitive Ability, Familiarity, Behavioral Science Research
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Wishart, Jennifer G. – Child Development, 1986
Investigates whether 6- to 12-month-old infants' exposure to the successful search behavior of a sibling in two object-concept tasks would enhance infants' subsequent performance on these tasks. (HOD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
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Kaldy, Zsuzsa; Leslie, Alan M. – Cognition, 2005
Infants' abilities to identify objects based on their perceptual features develop gradually during the first year and possibly beyond. Earlier we reported [Kaldy, Z., & Leslie, A. M. (2003). Identification of objects in 9-month-old infants: Integrating "what" and "where" information. Developmental Science, 6, 360-373] that infants at 9 months of…
Descriptors: Memory, Identification, Object Permanence, Infant Behavior
Phillips, Shelley – 1982
Prior to considering the ability of infants to think, this discussion attempts to dispel prevalent myths about babies' thought processes. The fact that infants do not intentionally manipulate their parents; are not identical; are not simply hedonistic seekers of bodily pleasures; and are not passive, disorganized beings needing training into…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Competence, Developmental Stages, Foreign Countries