Developing Object Concepts in Infancy: An Associative Learning Perspective

By David H. Rakison and Gary Lupyan

We present a domain-general framework called constrained attentional associative learning to provide a developmental account for how and when infants form concepts for animates and inanimates that encapsulate not only their surface appearance but also their movement characteristics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405187662
• ISBN13: 9781405187664
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"