It might sound a little clinical, but object permanence is just one of many important developmental milestones you get to enjoy with your little one. In a nutshell, object permanence means your baby ...

The work of Jean Piaget shaped our understanding of cognitive development in children, and it also gave us several tasks that we can use to study other animals. One classic issue studied by Piaget is ...

Why do babies love peekaboo so much? It may be because when you hide your face, they think it has ceased to exist. That’s according to Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget’s theories about “object ...

Piaget’s stages of development describe how children learn as they grow up. There are four distinct stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. Jean Piaget was ...

Ever feel like your baby has their hands on everything? Or that everything ends up in their mouth — including, dare we say it, the most unappetizing things imaginable? Guess what — this is exactly ...

Things continue to exist even when we can’t see them, but until we’re old enough to understand that notion, it’s out of sight, out of mind. Object permanence is one of those things we figure out when ...

Rufus Tony Spann, Ph.D., L.C.P.C., L.P.C. Mental Health / Holistic Health Dr. Rufus Tony Spann is a nationally certified school psychologist, licensed professional counselor, yoga teacher and reiki ...