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Direct linkRuffman, Ted; Slade, Lance; Carlos Sandino, Juan; Fletcher, Amanda – Child Development, 2005
Eight- to 12-month-olds might make A-not-B errors, knowing the object is in B but searching at A because of ancillary (attention, inhibitory, or motor memory) deficits, or they might genuinely believe the object is in A (conceptual deficit). This study examined how diligently infants searched for a hidden object they never found. An object was…
Descriptors: Infants, Object Permanence, Inhibition, Error Patterns
Peer reviewedDiamond, Adele – Child Development, 1985
Twenty-five infants were tested every two weeks on the AB Object Permanence Task, from the time they first reached for a hidden object until they were 12 months old. Results indicate that the AB provides an index of the ability to carry out an intention based on stored information despite a conflicting habitual tendency. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Error Patterns, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior
