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Plus ça change . . . : Jost, Piaget, and the dynamics of embodiment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

J. E. R. Staddon
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology: Experimental, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705 staddon@psyc.duke.edu www.psych.duke.edu/jers/labgroup.html
A. Machado
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 amachado@indiana.edu
O. Lourenço
Affiliation:
Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Alameda da Universidade, 1500 Lisbon, Portugald1506944@fc.ul.pt

Abstract

The “A-not-B” error is consistent with an old memory principle, Jost's Law. Quantitative properties of the effect can be explained by a dynamic model for habituation that is also consistent with Jost. Piaget was well aware of the resemblance between adult memory errors and the “A-not-B” effect and, contrary to their assertions, Thelen et al.'s analysis of the object concept is much the same as his, though couched in different language.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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