title: Experience matters: 11-month-old infants can learn to use material information to predict the weight of novel objects.
abstract: In contrast to previous findings, this study demonstrates that 11-month-old infants are able to learn the relationship between object material and object weight when exploring different objects that provided a systematic covariation of both object features. This guides their action in a subsequent preferential-reaching task.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada. phauf@stfx.ca
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hauf
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paulus
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology; D003210:Concept Formation / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology; D055698:Touch Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014892:Weight Perception / Q000502:physiology*