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A Conditioning Analysis of Infant Long-Term Memory.
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Sullivan, Margaret W.; And Others – Child Development, 1979
Assesses the long-term retention of conditioned operant footkicks by three-month-old infants. Views a conditioning analysis as a logical means by which to bridge the gap between animal and adult human models of memory. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Conditioning, Infants, Memory, Motor Reactions
Reactivation of Infant Memory.
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Rovee-Collier, Carolyn K.; And Others – 1979
Three-month-old infants learned to activate a crib mobile by means of operant footkicks. Retention of the conditioned response was assessed in the presence of the nonmoving mobile. Although forgetting is typically complete after an 8-day retention interval, infants who received a reactivation treatment, a brief exposure to the reinforcer 24 hours…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Early Experience, Infants, Memory