Infant Recognition Memory: The Effects of Length of Familiarization and Type of Discrimination Task
Child DevelopmentPublished 1 June 1974
Joseph F. Pagan
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Infant recognition memory, defined by novelty preferences, was found to vary over 4 discrimination tasks as a function of length of familiarization for 5--6-month-old infants.
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FAGAN, JOSEPH F., III. Infant Recognition Memory: The Effects of Length of Familiarization and Type of Discrimination Task. CmLD DEVELOPMENT, 1974, 45, 351-356. Infant recognition memory, defined by novelty preferences, was found to vary over 4 discrimination tasks as a function of length of familiarization for 5--6-month-old infants. Briefer amounts of familiarization were effective for eliciting recognition than had previously been demonstrated. Order of task difficulty corresponded to age-related differences in ease of discrimination.
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