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Object Manipulation Facilitates Kind-Based Object Individuation of Shape-Similar Objects
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Cognitive Development . Apr-Jun 2011 26(2):87-103. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Five experiments investigated the importance of shape and object manipulation when 12-month-olds were given the task of individuating objects representing exemplars of kinds in an event-mapping design. In Experiments 1 and 2, results of the study from Xu, Carey, and Quint (2004, Experiment 4) were partially replicated, showing that infants were able to individuate two natural-looking exemplars from different categories, but not two exemplars from the same category. In Experiment 3, infants failed to individuate two shape-similar exemplars (from Pauen, 2002a) from different categories. However, Experiment 4 revealed that allowing infants to manipulate objects shortly before the individuation task enabled them to individuate shape-similar objects from different categories. In Experiment 5, allowing object manipulation did not induce infants to individuate natural-looking objects from the same category. These findings suggest that object manipulation facilitates kind-based individuation of shape-similar objects by 12-month-olds.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0885-2014
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Cognitive Development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ923270
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2010.08.009