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Evidence for a unitary goal concept in 12-month-old infants.
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PMID:  22010886     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We investigated whether infants can transfer their goal attribution between situations that contain different types of information about the goal. We found that 12-month-olds who had attributed a goal based on the causal efficacy of a means-end action generated expectations about the actor's action in another scenario in which the actor could choose between alternative outcomes. This finding suggests that, by 12 months, infants possess a unitary concept of goal.
Authors:
Szilvia Biro; Stephan Verschoor; Lot Coenen
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2011-04-28
Journal Detail:
Title:  Developmental science     Volume:  14     ISSN:  1467-7687     ISO Abbreviation:  Dev Sci     Publication Date:  2011 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-10-20     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9814574     Medline TA:  Dev Sci     Country:  England    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1255-60     Citation Subset:  IM    
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© 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Affiliation:
. Department of Psychology, Leiden University, The Netherlands . Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC), The Netherlands.
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