Object retrieval through observational learning in 8- to 18-month-old infants

R Esseily; J Nadel; J Fagard

doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.07.017

Object retrieval through observational learning in 8- to 18-month-old infants

Infant Behav Dev. 2010 Dec;33(4):695-9. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.07.017. Epub 2010 Aug 13.

Authors

R Esseily¹, J Nadel, J Fagard

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception, Université Paris Descartes, CNRS UMR 8158, Centre Biomédical des Saints Pères, Paris, France.

PMID: 20708271
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.07.017

Abstract

Observational learning was studied in 8-, 10-, 12-, 15- and 18-month-old infants. Using object-retrieval tasks of relatively comparable difficulty for each age group, we showed that between 10 and 12 months there is a change in the capacity to learn a new skill by observation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Female
Form Perception
Humans
Infant
Infant Behavior / physiology
Learning / physiology*
Male
Mental Recall / physiology*
Neuropsychological Tests
Observation*
Photic Stimulation / methods