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Direct linkGanea, Patricia A. – Child Development, 2005
How do infants come to understand references to absent objects? 14-month-old infants first learned a name for a novel toy, which was then placed out of view. The infants who listened to a story mentioning the nonvisible object, looked, pointed, and searched for it more often than did infants who heard a story using a different name. Their behavior…
Descriptors: Toys, Infants, Context Effect, Comprehension
