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Direct linkCasasola, Marianella – Developmental Psychology, 2005
Two experiments explored the effect of linguistic input on 18-month-olds' ability to form an abstract categorical representation of support. Infants were habituated to 4 support events (i.e., one object placed on another) and were tested with a novel support and a novel containment event. Infants formed an abstract category of support (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Linguistic Input, Language Acquisition, Spatial Ability
