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Rochat, Philippe; Hespos, Susan J. – Cognitive Development, 1996
Examines the ability of infants to track and anticipate the final orientation of an object. Subjects were infants ranging from an average of four months to eight months old. Three experiments, with the last one as control, were carried out. Concludes that infants show some rudimentary mental rotation from four months of age. (MOK)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Infants
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Malcuit, Gerard; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1996
Examined the effect of functional values of stimuli on orienting response elicitation. Subjects were 50 4-month-old infants and were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 experimental conditions. Results suggested the importance of taking into account the functional value of stimuli when analyzing infant attention. (MOK)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Habituation