<P> Infants at as early as 7 - months - old can conceptually differentiate between categories such as animals and vehicles . Although infants ' concepts may be crude by adult standards , they still allow infants to make meaningful semantic distinctions . An example is that infants can differentiate between items belonging to a kitchen and those items belonging to a bathroom . At the very least , these categories lay a foundation for early knowledge development , organizing information in storage and influence future encoding . Infants from 16 months old are able to draw on their semantic knowledge in generalization and inference . This knowledge can also be used by older toddlers , 24 - month - olds , to facilitate acquisition and retention of new information . Their knowledge of causal ordering of events can be used to help to recall the sequence of events . </P>
<P> Infants at as early as 7 - months - old can conceptually differentiate between categories such as animals and vehicles . Although infants ' concepts may be crude by adult standards , they still allow infants to make meaningful semantic distinctions . An example is that infants can differentiate between items belonging to a kitchen and those items belonging to a bathroom . At the very least , these categories lay a foundation for early knowledge development , organizing information in storage and influence future encoding . Infants from 16 months old are able to draw on their semantic knowledge in generalization and inference . This knowledge can also be used by older toddlers , 24 - month - olds , to facilitate acquisition and retention of new information . Their knowledge of causal ordering of events can be used to help to recall the sequence of events . </P>
when does a child develop long term memory
when does a child develop long term memory
as early as 7 - months - old
as early as 7 - months - old