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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

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

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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.

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© 2001 Cambridge University Press