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Sophian, Catherine – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1980
Critically evaluates habituation and related models for studying infant memory, focusing on methodological and substantive limitations which restrict the derivation of information from them. The essay considers existing research on the development of object permanence as an alternative source of information about infant memory. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Infants, Memory, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)

Goldman-Rakic, Patricia S. – Child Development, 1987
Recent studies on the biological development of the prefrontal cortex in rhesus monkeys are reviewed. These studies have elucidated the basic neural circuitry underlying the delayed-response function in adult nonhuman primates and suggest that a critical mass of cortical synapses is important for the emergence of this cognitive function. (BN)
Descriptors: Anatomy, Cognitive Development, Literature Reviews, Neurological Organization
Feigenson, 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

Muller, Ulrich; Overton, Willis F. – Human Development, 1998
Examines development of representational thought from the perspective of Jean Mandler's image-schema theory and an action-theoretical approach derived from Piaget's theory. Concludes that empirical findings fail to support hypotheses of early onset, and that representational development is more adequately interpreted within the context of an…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Psychology

Ross, S.; Tobin, M. J. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1997
The literature on the effects of congenital blindness on infants' development of motor functions and concepts of object permanence is reviewed. The article questions the idea that infants must first develop an object concept before sound clues alone will elicit reaching. Possible interventions to redress the effects of congenital blindness on…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Blindness, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation

Carey, Susan; Xu, Fei – Cognition, 2001
Examines evidence that the research community studying infants' object concept and the community concerned with adult object-based attention have been studying the same natural kind. Maintains that the discovery that the object representations of young infants are the same as the object files of mid-level visual cognition has implications for both…
Descriptors: Adults, Attention, Attention Control, Cognitive Development
Phillips, Shelley – 1984
In four parts, this discussion describes characteristics of the thought of infants, preschool children, primary school students, and adolescents. Topics briefly addressed in part I, on the thought processes/capabilities of babies, concern sensorimotor thought without abstraction, the importance of physical exploration, the development of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Association (Psychology), Classification, Cognitive Ability