I swear people who talk about object permanence have never tested it.
The Wikipedia article about babies even talks about it not starting until month 8 [1]! At least, under "Contradicting evidence" they talk about other studies that showed as early as 3 months ...
I think people just want to feel special and just can't accept that other animals have the same abilities that we do.
The Wikipedia article about babies even talks about it not starting until month 8 [1]! At least, under "Contradicting evidence" they talk about other studies that showed as early as 3 months ...
I think people just want to feel special and just can't accept that other animals have the same abilities that we do.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_permanence#Stages