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Infant perseveration and implications for object permanence theories: A PDP model of the AB task
Abstract
From the earliest ages at which infants search for hidden objects, they make the A B error, searching perseveratively at previous rather than current hiding locations (Piaget, 1954). This paper presents a parallel distributed processing (PDP) model that instantiates an explicit set of processing mechanisms to account for a large and diverse set of data on infants’ A B errors. The model demonstrates how basic processes–the formation of latent memory traces and their interaction with developing active memory traces–can provide a unifying framework for understanding why and when infants perseverate. Novel predictions from the model are discussed, together with its challenges for theories that posit a concept of object permanence in the first year of life.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Munakata, Y.
- Venue
- Developmental Science
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1998-10
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 161-184
- ISSN
- 1363-755X (ISSN-L)
- 1467-7687
- OpenAlex
- W2052472649
- Cited by
- 247
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 20.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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