Looking Behavior at Test and Relational Memory in 6‐Month‐Old Infants

摘要: Small-scale eye-tracking research lends support to behavioral studies of relational memory by 6 months life. Here, in the largest test date (n = 276), we replicate these findings and examine impact excluding data based on looking behavior characteristics at test. Past work examining infants' preferential toward arbitrary-paired objects scenes has excluded infants from analysis upon “insufficient looking” Yet, suggests that variation may be associated with patterns during encoding, as well trait-like differences visual cognitive processing. Similar past research, observed evidence for among 6-month-olds. In keeping when were looking,” only tested immediately. However, exclusion criteria relaxed, specifically demonstrated a presumably more difficult delay-plus-interference condition. Moreover, analyses revealed encoding was Together, results suggest do possess rudimentary capabilities, but experimenters' ability detect capabilities is influenced both experimental conditions individual behavior.