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 thP account are examined in changeblindness and teaching experiments.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Human Perception |
Subtitle of host publication | Institutional Performance and Reform in Australia |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Pages | 145-150 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781351156271 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780815389545 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2018 |
Keywords
- Explanation-based learning
- Infant cognition;
- Physical reasoning
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychology(all)