The effect of language cues on infants' representational flexibility in a deferred imitation task

Infant Behav Dev. 2011 Dec;34(4):632-5. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2011.06.007. Epub 2011 Jul 27.

Abstract

Twelve- and 15-month-old infants who received simple verbal cues at encoding and retrieval exhibited superior representational flexibility on an imitation task compared to infants who did not receive those cues. Verbal cues can help early-verbal infants overcome perceptual dissimilarity and express knowledge in novel situations.

MeSH terms

  • Child Development
  • Child Language*
  • Cues
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imitative Behavior*
  • Infant
  • Language*
  • Male
  • Memory*
  • Verbal Learning