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DeLoache, Judy S.; Burns, Nancy M. – Cognition, 1994
Twenty-four- and 30-month-old children were presented with a picture that showed the location of a hidden toy and were then asked to find the toy. The 30-month olds, but not the 24-month-olds, were successful in retrieving the toy. Concludes that 24-month olds did not interpret the pictures as representations of reality. (BC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Object Permanence, Pictorial Stimuli
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Russell, James; Thompson, Doreen – Cognition, 2003
Examined event-based memory in three groups of children between ages 14 and 25 months. Found that search task success was general in oldest group while performance was similar on a task in which success "may" have been due to recalling an object-removal event and one in which success could "only" have been due to recall of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Cross Sectional Studies
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Xu, Fei; Carey, Susan; Welch, Jenny – Cognition, 1999
Adult and 10- and 12-month olds participated in two experiments to determine reliance of infants on object-kind information in solving problems of object individuation. Findings converge with those of object-first hypothesis of developmental course of object individuation. Findings suggest that young infants may represent one concept as criteria…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Habituation