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  • Developmental psychology
  • Cognitive science
  • Infant learning

Background:

  • Infants actively explore objects, which is crucial for development.
  • The developmental cascades perspective explains how early skills influence later development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine infant object exploration through a developmental cascades lens.
  • To understand how exploration emerges and facilitates learning.

Main Methods:

  • Describing typical and atypical exploration trajectories.
  • Analyzing the emergence of exploration from cognitive and motor skills.
  • Discussing learning opportunities arising from exploration.

Main Results:

  • Exploration behaviors emerge from foundational cognitive and motor skills.
  • Object exploration provides diverse learning opportunities.
  • Early experiences significantly shape exploration development.

Conclusions:

  • New exploration skills build upon earlier abilities.
  • Seemingly simple exploratory actions have profound developmental consequences.