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Peer reviewedMelkman, Rachel; Rabinovitch, Liora – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Examined object concept development in 2- to 4-year olds with a partial replication of a study by Spelke and Kestenbaum (1986). Found that children judged identical entering and exiting figures as involving one object and different figures as involving two objects. Continuity of movement failed to affect judgments of numerical identity. Findings…
Descriptors: Motion, Object Permanence, Perceptual Development, Piagetian Theory
Direct linkFeigenson, Lisa; Halberda, Justin – Cognition, 2004
Research suggests that, using representations from object-based attention, infants can represent only 3 individuals at a time. For example, infants successfully represent 1, 2, or 3 hidden objects, but fail with 4 ("Developmental Science" 6 (2003) 568), and a similar limit is seen in adults' tracking of multiple objects (see "Cognitive Psychology"…
Descriptors: Infants, Object Permanence, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Stages
