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Can 6‐month‐old infants process causality in different types of causal events?
Author(s) -
Bélanger Nancy Daigle,
Desrochers Stéphan
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
british journal of developmental psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.062
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 2044-835X
pISSN - 0261-510X
DOI - 10.1348/026151001165930
Subject(s) - causality (physics) , psychology , habituation , developmental psychology , event (particle physics) , event related potential , cognitive psychology , cognition , neuroscience , physics , quantum mechanics
Two experiments investigated 6‐month‐old infants’ processing of causal and noncausal events with the habituation/dishabituation technique. Experiment 1 was carried out with the usual launching events. Results showed that 6‐month‐old infants can recognize the presence of causality embedded in a direct launching event. Experiment 2 was carried out with a previously univestigated type of causal event: the entraining event. Results showed that 6‐month‐old infants could not process causality through a direct entraining event. Findings are discussed in terms of compatibility with a modular or an information‐processing framework.