I read about this from a Parenting article:
A mobile experiment tested by Rovee-Collier’s on child memory development. This is how the experiment goes:
“In this experiment Rovee-Collier hangs a mobile in a crib and watches to see if the baby responds to this mobile by either kicking his legs or other attention responses. After 3 minutes of observing the baby with the static mobile, she then attaches a string to the baby’s leg and to the mobile. The purpose being that when the baby kicks, the mobile will move.
Days later, if the baby kicks upon sight of the mobile, we know that the baby has remembered that kicking produces the desired effect. The infant has already learned the bahavior; now he has just proven his memory of this behaviour.
The study goes on to say that:
a) A two month old can remember this for a day;
b) A three month old, over a week;
c) A six month old can remember the desired behaviour without having done it for over two weeks.”
Interesting observation and experiment to test on child’s memory and behaviour. You can try this experiment on your little baby and see what his/her response.
I have try this on my 3 months old nephew, and he is very smart. Whenever we placed an objects nearby his legs, he will sure raise his legs up and kick upon the object. Guess, he knew when he kick, the object response back to him and kinda playing with him. Interesting!
