Babbling works with object permanence and understanding of location to support the networks of our first lexical items or words.
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Other, more recent studies suggest that the idea of object permanence may not be an innate function of young children.
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A study by Baillargeon and colleague Julie DeVos confirmed the concept of object permanence in infants as young as 3.5 months old.
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Studies suggest that a multitude of variables may be responsible for the development of object permanence rather than a natural talent of infants.
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An infant that has started to develop object permanence might reach for the toy or try to grab the blanket off the toy.
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In controlled experiments, cats showed that they had fully developed concepts of object permanence, meaning that sensorimotor intelligence is completely developed in cats.
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A lack of Object Permanence can lead to A-not-B errors, where children reach for a thing at a place where it should not be.
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A lack of object permanence can lead to A-not-B errors, where children reach for a thing at a place where it should not be.
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They have a lack of object permanence, which means they have little or no ability to conceive things as existing outside their immediate vicinity.
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Older infants are less likely to make the A-not-B error because they are able to understand the concept of object permanence more than younger infants.