Category Representation in Young Infants |
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| Authors: | Paul C Quinn |
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| Institution: | Department of Psychology, Washington &Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania |
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| Abstract: | Results obtained from a novelty-preference procedure indicate that young infants possess abilities to organize objects into perceptual categories that have conceptual significance for adults. This work suggests that the initial construction of category representations is not dependent on language, formal instruction, or specialized processes, and that category development may proceed through a process of enrichment. |
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| Keywords: | infant perception categorization knowledge acquisition |
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