Can 6-month-old infants process causality in different types of causal events?

Two experiments investigated 6‐month‐old infants’ processing of causal and noncausal events with the habituation/dishabituation technique. Experiment 1 was carried out with the usual launching events. Results showed that 6‐month‐old infants can recognize the presence of causality embedded in a direc...

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Veröffentlicht in:British journal of developmental psychology 2001-03, Vol.19 (1), p.11-21
Hauptverfasser: Bélanger, Nancy Daigle, Desrochers, Stéphan
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Two experiments investigated 6‐month‐old infants’ processing of causal and noncausal events with the habituation/dishabituation technique. Experiment 1 was carried out with the usual launching events. Results showed that 6‐month‐old infants can recognize the presence of causality embedded in a direct launching event. Experiment 2 was carried out with a previously univestigated type of causal event: the entraining event. Results showed that 6‐month‐old infants could not process causality through a direct entraining event. Findings are discussed in terms of compatibility with a modular or an information‐processing framework.
ISSN:0261-510X
2044-835X
DOI:10.1348/026151001165930