Infant object categorization transcends diverse object-context relations.
Infants' categorization of objects in different object-context relations was investigated. The experiment used a multiple-exemplar habituation-categorization procedure where 92 6-month olds formed categories of animals and vehicles embedded in congruent, incongruent, and homogeneous object-context relations. Across diverse object-context relations, infants habituated to multiple exemplars within a category and categorized novel members of both animal and vehicle categories. Infants showed a slight advantage for categorizing animals. Infant object categorization appears to be robust to diversity in object-context relations.
Bornstein
Marc H
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Child and Family Research, Program in Developmental Neuroscience, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Bethesda, MD 20892-7971, USA. Marc_H_Bornstein@nih.gov
Arterberry
Martha E
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Mash
Clay
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D001288:Attention; D002657:Child Development; D002965:Classification; D003210:Concept Formation; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005260:Female; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D005793:Generalization, Psychological; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D012016:Reference Values