Early success in using the relation between stimuli and rewards to deduce an abstract rule

Perceived physical connection is key

Bibliographic Data

ID9788260
AuthorsAdele Diamond (0000-0002-1453-6434, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, corresponding author), Eun Young Lee (0000-0002-4513-9888, University of Pennsylvania), Michael Hayden, Michael R Hayden (0000-0001-5159-1419, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School)
Year2003
Volume39
Issue5
Pages825-847
Publication date2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopmental Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0012-1649.39.5.825
PMID12952397
OpenAlexW2168353478
LanguageEN
References cited54

Are spatial proximity (0.10-12.5 cm), temporal proximity (0-, 2-, and 5-s gaps), and/or perceived connectedness of stimulus and reward key to infants' ability to deduce an abstract nonmatching rule from reward feedback? In this investigation, 3 conditions of the delayed nonmatching to sample task were administered to infants 9, 12, and 15 months old, and 5 more conditions were administered just to 12-month-olds. Results showed that connectedness is key. In its presence, neither close spatial or temporal proximity was needed. In the absence of the perception that stimulus and reward were components of a single thing, even close spatial and temporal proximity were insufficient for infants in the 1st year to grasp the rule-based association between stimuli and rewards

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · GRASP · Perception · Social connectedness · Spatial Ability · Stimulus (psychology · Child and Animal Learning Development · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills · Memory and Neural Mechanisms · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Psychology

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