In one study (from Woodward, 1998), 3-month olds and 6-month olds repeatedly
saw a person reach for an object (ball) on the left and not reach for a teddy bear
on the right. Then, they saw a display in which the teddy bear was on the left,
and the ball on the right. The person either reached for the teddy bear on the left
(same action, new object) or the ball on the right (same object, new action).
Looking time was used as a measure to infer how the 3-month olds and 6-month
olds interpreted the relation between the initial habituation phase and the
subsequent changed test phases. The results indicated