Infant Categorization: Memory for Category-Level and Specific Item Information.

Younger, Barbara

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ERIC Number: EJ413844

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Infant Categorization: Memory for Category-Level and Specific Item Information.

Younger, Barbara

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v50 n1 p131-55 Aug 1990

The addition of idiosyncratic features to individual members of an artificially constructed category enhanced specific item memory among 13 month olds, but not among 10 month olds. Discussion of findings focuses on their theoretical implications and the nature of the age difference. (RH)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Infant Behavior, Memory, Models, Retention (Psychology), Visual Stimuli

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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