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Perceiving the Real World: Infants' Detection of and Memory for Social Information
Author(s) -
WalkerAndrews Arlene S.,
Bahrick Lorraine E.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
infancy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.361
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1532-7078
pISSN - 1525-0008
DOI - 10.1207/s15327078in0204_05
Subject(s) - psychology , perception , social memory , cognitive psychology , ecological validity , cognitive science , cognition , neuroscience
Research on infants' perception and memory for social information are discussed with respect to the concept of ecological validity. We argue that the use of dynamic, multimodal displays in familiar contexts is critical to understanding infants' developing perception. We also discuss the importance of generalizing appropriately from experimental to real‐world contexts and of using converging methods in the investigation of infants' capabilities.