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. 2010 Jul 1;11(3):255-268.
doi: 10.1080/15248371003699977.

Using Habituation of Looking Time to Assess Mental Processes in Infancy

Lisa M Oakes  1
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Using Habituation of Looking Time to Assess Mental Processes in Infancy

Lisa M Oakes. J Cogn Dev. .

Abstract

Habituation of looking time has become the standard method for studying cognitive processes in infancy. This method has a long history and derives from the study of memory and habituation itself. Often, however, it is not clear how researchers make decisions about how to implement habituation as a tool to study processes such as categorization, object representation, and memory. This article describes the challenges for implementing this tool, and describes a set of best practices for its use to study perception and cognition in infancy.

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