Abstract
Investigations of infants' physical world over the past 20 years have revealed two main findings. First, even very young infants possess expectations about physical events. Second, these expectations undergo significant developments during the first year of life, as infants form event categories, such as occlusion, containment, and covering events, and identify the variables relevant for predicting outcomes in each category. A new account of infants' physical reasoning integrates these findings. Predictions from the account are examined in change-blindness and teaching experiments.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 89-94 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Current Directions in Psychological Science |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1 2004 |
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Keywords
- Explanation-based learning
- Infant cognition
- Physical reasoning
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychology(all)
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Infants' physical world. / Baillargeon, Renée.
In: Current Directions in Psychological Science, Vol. 13, No. 3, 01.06.2004, p. 89-94.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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