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Plantinga, Judy; Trainor, Laurel J. – Cognition, 2005
Pitch perception is fundamental to melody in music and prosody in speech. Unlike many animals, the vast majority of human adults store melodic information primarily in terms of relative not absolute pitch, and readily recognize a melody whether rendered in a high or a low pitch range. We show that at 6 months infants are also primarily relative…
Descriptors: Infants, Music, Auditory Perception, Cognitive Development
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Kelemen, Deborah – Cognition, 2003
Extends earlier work with American children to explore British children's application of teleological explanation to artifacts, biological properties, and properties of nonliving natural phenomena, based on the view that because of lower religiosity in Britain, these children might be less inclined than American children to endorse purpose-based…
Descriptors: Biology, Children, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
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Schultz, Thomas R.; And Others – Cognition, 1979
Conservation judgments are based on a combination of logical necessity and empirical belief. Results of two experiments support the view that the logical aspect of conservation is developmentally stable, while the empirical aspect varies widely across problems and individuals because of its dependence on relevant experience. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Decision Making, Developmental Stages
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Kobayashi, Harumi – Cognition, 1998
Examined whether 2-year-olds can learn a novel part name of an unfamiliar object when adult demonstrates action upon object. Asked 24 Japanese 2-year-olds to choose referent for a whole object and part of the object in forced choice tests. Found that young children are able to override whole object assumption when actions of parts of objects are…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Correlation
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Avrahami, Judith; Kareev, Yaakov – Cognition, 1994
Three experiments using university students explored what constitutes an event and what determines its boundaries. Results supported the hypothesis that sequences of stimuli repeating in different contexts are cut out to become cognitive entities ("things" with a beginning and an end) in their own right. Results suggest that the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, College Students