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Understanding A-not-B errors as a function of object representation and deficits in attention rather than motor memories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Ted Ruffman
Ted Ruffman
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 9QG, United [email protected] www.biols.susx.ac.uk/groups/ep.html
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Abstract

In this commentary, I raise several points. First, I argue that non-search tasks show that the A-not-B task is about object representation, even if perseveration can occur without objects. Second, I provide an alternative interpretation for the finding that changing body posture reduces A-not-B errors. Third, I provide an alternative interpretation for the finding of convergence in reaching behavior in two-target tasks. Fourth, I suggest attention deficits can explain the A-not-B error on their own with no necessity for motor memories.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 61
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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