Toddlers also consistently failed to recognize the importance of the shelf being inserted into the screen when searching for the ball. When asked to find the ball, however, they consistently searched in the location where they initially saw the object (Hood, et al. 2000, 1540).

These startling finds suggest the need for further research and study into this topic. Initially, research must determine whether or not these results are mistakes. While the experiment given to the toddlers was supposedly an expanded version of the infant "looking-time" experiments, perhaps the two types of experiments cannot be compared, which would lead to a false comparison of the two. Additionally, infants and toddlers' cognitive skills are significantly different. While the first experiments needed no explanation, toddlers would have to receive an explanation or instructions before they could complete the experiment. Perhaps the error was in the explanation of the experiment.

Once the researchers...
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