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Direct linkFeigenson, Lisa; Carey, Susan – Cognition, 2005
Recent work suggests that infants rely on mechanisms of object-based attention and short-term memory to represent small numbers of objects. Such work shows that infants discriminate arrays containing 1, 2, or 3 objects, but fail with arrays greater than 3 [Feigenson, L., & Carey, S. (2003). Tracking individuals via object-files: Evidence from…
Descriptors: Models, Infants, Short Term Memory, Cognitive Ability
