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

Authors

Jane S. Herbert, University of SheffieldFollow

RIS ID

110558

Publication Details

Herbert, J. S. (2011). The effect of language cues on infants' representational flexibility in a deferred imitation task. Infant Behavior and Development, 34 (4), 632-635.

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.