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Development of inter‐manual transfer of shape information in infancy
Author(s) -
Streri Arlette,
Lemoine Christelle,
Devouche Emmanuel
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
developmental psychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1098-2302
pISSN - 0012-1630
DOI - 10.1002/dev.20258
Subject(s) - habituation , psychology , developmental psychology , transfer (computing) , cognitive psychology , computer science , neuroscience , parallel computing
Inter‐manual transfer of shape information was studied with habituation/dishabituation procedures in 2‐ and 6‐month‐old infants. Both age groups habituated to a shape repeatedly placed in one hand and dishabituated when a new shape was placed in the same hand. Subsequent testing revealed that only the 2‐month olds dishabituated when the habituated shape was placed in the opposite hand and that only the 6‐month olds dishabituated when a new shape was placed in the opposite hand. These results indicate that inter‐manual transfer of hand information occurs by 2‐months of age and that inter‐manual transfer of shape information emerges between 2 and 6 months of age. The implications of the findings are discussed. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Dev Psychobiol 50: 70–76, 2008.