Memory processing of a serial list by young infants

Serial list learning is thought to be beyond the capabilities of infants before the end of their ist year. In separate experiments with 3- and 6-month-olds, we studied infants' memory for a serial list using a modified serial probe recognition procedure that was originality developed Soi monkeys and a precuing procedure that was previously used with human adults. Infants were trained with a three-item list. One day later; they were precued with one list member and tested for recognition of another: When the precue specified valid order information, infants of both ages recognized the test item; when the precue specified invalid order information, infants of neither age did. These findings reveal that even very young infants can lenin and remember the order of items on a serial list.