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| Research article summary (published 29 Apr 2003): |
Early representational insight: twenty-four-month-olds can use a photo to find an object in the world.
Full Abstract
The research reported here shows that under certain circumstances even 24-month-old children can display representational insight. Seventy-nine children participated in 3 studies in which a photo or video presentation could be used to guide their search for a hidden object. Studies 1 and 2 replicated earlier findings of chance performance levels across 4 trials. However, on their first trial, 24-month-olds performed above chance in 3 of 4 conditions in these experiments. Study 3 therefore presented children not with the typical 4 trials in 1 room, but with 1 trial each in 4 different rooms. This manipulation ruled out perseveration errors and resulted in above-chance performance in average mean retrieval rates. These results call for first-trial reanalyses of earlier studies.
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Author information
Author/s: Suddendorf, Thomas (T);
Affiliation: Early Cognitive Development Unit, School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. t.suddendorf(-atsign-)psy.uq.edu.au
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Child development (Child Dev), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: -2003 May-Jun; vol 74 (issue 3) : pp 896-904
Dates: Created 2003/06/10; Completed 2003/10/10; Revised 2007/11/15;
PMID: 12795396, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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