Visual Short-Term Memory for Complex Objects in 6- and 8-Month-Old Infants

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    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      14
    • Subject Terms:
      Infants; Visual Perception; Short Term Memory; Age Differences; Child Development; Cognitive Development; Difficulty Level
    • Accession Number:
      10.1111/cdev.12161
    • ISSN:
      0009-3920
    • Abstract:
      Infants' visual short-term memory (VSTM) for simple objects undergoes dramatic development: Six-month-old infants can store in VSTM information about only a simple object presented in isolation, whereas 8-month-old infants can store information about simple objects presented in multiple-item arrays. This study extended this work to examine the development of infants' VSTM for complex objects during this same period (N = 105). Using the "simultaneous streams" change detection paradigm, Experiment 1 confirmed the previous developmental trajectory between 6 and 8 months. Experiment 2 showed that doubling the exposure time did not enhance 6-month-old infants' change detection, demonstrating that the developmental change is not due to encoding speed. Thus, VSTM for simple and complex objects appears to follow the same developmental trajectory.
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    • Publication Date:
      2014
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1027538