A pick-me-up for infants’ exploratory skills: Early simulated experiences reaching for objects using ‘sticky mittens’ enhances young infants’ object exploration skills

By Amy Needham, Tracy M. Barrett, K. Peterman. 2002

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Action experience alters 3-month-old infants' perception of others' actions. (2005, methodology): “…Tsao, & Liue, 2003), provide empirical support for the role of active experience in learning (Piaget, 1953), and add to the growing record documenting relations between agentive experience and other aspects of cognitive development in infancy (Needham et al., 2002; Eppler, 1995; Needham, 1999).”
Infant Manual Exploration of Objects, Surfaces, and Their Interrelations (2005, background): “In a clever study, Needham, Barrett, and Peterman (2002) fitted 3-month-old infants with sticky mit-”
Learning from others: children's construction of concepts. (2009, background): “For example, Needham et al. (2002) find that 3-month-old infants who receive special experience picking up toys with “sticky mittens” (mittens with Velcro, enabling infants to pick up objects at any earlier age than they could do otherwise) show more sophisticated engagement with and exploration of…”
Getting the point: Tracing worked examples enhances learning (2015, result): “For instance, in a study by Needham, Barrett, and Peterman (2002), a group of infants engaged in short play sessions which were designed to enrich their skills of exploring objects by wearing sticky mittens (i.e., mittens with palms that stuck to objects) to pick up toys.”