title: Can infants' object concepts be trained?
abstract: Decades of research and debate on the origins of object permanence in infancy have contrasted various types of learning with possible innate contributions. A recent paper by Johnson et al. adds a new perspective to this debate by reporting that even very brief training periods can dramatically influence infants' persisting object representations. Such training studies have the potential to constrain 'nature versus nurture' debates in novel ways, although important challenges remain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Yale University, Box 208205, New Haven, CT 06520-8205, USA. Brian.Scholl@yale.edu
authors.forename: Brian J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Scholl
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002657:Child Development; D003210:Concept Formation; D005133:Eye Movements; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018730:Infant Behavior; D008568:Memory; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D014796:Visual Perception