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The canonicality effect in search for the hidden object
Author(s) -
ULVUND STEIN ERIK
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1983.tb00486.x
Subject(s) - psychology , orientation (vector space) , object (grammar) , cognitive psychology , object permanence , developmental psychology , artificial intelligence , computer science , cognition , geometry , neuroscience , cognitive development , mathematics
Infants' success in hiding tasks is influenced by the orientation of the cavities used as concealments. The infants ( n =23, aged 11–13 months) performed better than chance when the cavities were upright, and worse than chance when they were inverted. This confirms and extends results by Freeman et al. (1980). Implications for the concept of object permanence are discussed.