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Download full textRovee-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
