Transfer of associative grouping to novel perceptual contexts in infancy.
Atten Percept Psychophys
; 73(8): 2657-67, 2011 Nov.
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Learning can be highly adaptive if associations learned in one context are generalized to novel contexts. We examined the development of such generalization in infancy in the context of grouping. In Experiment 1, 3- to 4-month-olds and 6- to 7-month-olds were habituated to shapes grouped via the organizational principle of common region and were tested with familiar and novel pairs as determined by the principle of proximity. Older infants generalized from common region to proximity, but younger infants did not. Younger infants failed to generalize when the task was easier (Experiment 2), and their failure was not due to inability to group via proximity (Experiment 3). However, in Experiment 4, even younger infants generalized grouping on the basis of connectedness to proximity. Thus, the ability to transfer learned associations of shapes to novel contexts is evident early in life, although it continues to undergo quantitative change during infancy. Moreover, the operation of this generalization mechanism may be induced by means of bootstrapping onto functional organizational principles, which is consistent with a developmental framework in which core processes scaffold learning.
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Colección:
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Reconocimiento Visual de Modelos
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Aprendizaje por Asociación
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Transferencia de Experiencia en Psicología
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Psicología Infantil
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Generalización del Estimulo
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Atten Percept Psychophys
Asunto de la revista:
PSICOFISIOLOGIA
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PSICOLOGIA
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos