Senses and Early Learning

Object Permanence and Early Thinking

Object Permanence and Early Thinking

What Object Permanence Means Object permanence refers to the understanding that an object or person continues to exist when it cannot currently be seen, heard, or touched. For an infant, this is a major shift from responding primarily to immediate sensory information toward maintaining an internal representation of something that is absent from the current […]

Memory Development During the First Year

Memory Development During the First Year

What Memory Means in an Infant Memory is not one single ability. It includes several related processes: encoding information, retaining it, and retrieving it later. In infancy, researchers commonly distinguish recognition memory, recall, working memory, and procedural or implicit learning. Recognition memory is the ability to respond differently to something familiar than to something new. […]