“For young learners, the world is an incredibly complex place filled with dynamic stimuli. How do learners know what to focus on and learn more about, and what to ignore? Our research suggests that infants use what they already know about the world to form predictions. When these predictions are shown to be wrong, infants use this as a special opportunity for learning,” Feigenson said in the news release.
The study is published in the April 3 issue of the journal Science.
More information
The U.S. National Library of Medicine has more about newborn and infant development.
(HealthDay News, 4/4/2015)
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