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Peer reviewedBaillargeon, Renee – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Three experiments test object permanenece in 3 1/2- and 4 1/2-month-old infants, and use an impossible-possible-habituation event format. The 4 1/2-month-olds, and the 3 1/2-month-olds who were fast habituators, look reliably longer at the impossible than at the possible event. Results seriously question Piaget's (1954) claims regarding the age at…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Habituation
