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Peer reviewedBarr, Rachel; Vieira, Aurora; Rovee-Collier, Carolyn – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2001
Two experiments examined whether associating an imitation task with an operant task affected 6-month-olds' memory for either task. Results indicated that infants successfully imitated a puppet's action for up to 2 weeks only if the associated operant task (pressing a lever to activate a miniature train) was retrieved first. Follow-up study…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Development, Imitation, Infant Behavior
