Previous evidence has shown that 11-month-olds represent ordinal relations between purely numerical values, whereas younger infants require a confluence of numerical and non-numerical cues. In this study, we show that when multiple featural cues (i.e., color and shape) are provided, 7-month-olds detect reversals in the ordinal direction of numerical sequences relying solely on number when non-numerical quantitative cues are controlled. These results provide evidence for the influence of featural information and multiple cue integration on infants' proneness to detect ordinal numerical information.
Picozzi, M., de Hevia, M., Girelli, L., MACCHI CASSIA, V. (2010). Seven-month-old infants detect ordinal numerical relationships within temporal sequences. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY, 107(3), 359-367 [10.1016/j.jecp.2010.05.005].
Seven-month-old infants detect ordinal numerical relationships within temporal sequences
PICOZZI, MARTA ANNA ELENA;GIRELLI, LUISA;MACCHI CASSIA, VIOLA MARINA
2010
Abstract
Previous evidence has shown that 11-month-olds represent ordinal relations between purely numerical values, whereas younger infants require a confluence of numerical and non-numerical cues. In this study, we show that when multiple featural cues (i.e., color and shape) are provided, 7-month-olds detect reversals in the ordinal direction of numerical sequences relying solely on number when non-numerical quantitative cues are controlled. These results provide evidence for the influence of featural information and multiple cue integration on infants' proneness to detect ordinal numerical information.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.