In Habituation Experiments, the Fact That Infants Prefer to Look

In habituation experiments, the fact that infants prefer to look at something new (novelty preference) is most often interpreted as the

A) infant having encoded a familiar stimulus during habituation and is remembering the familiar vs. novel object.
B) infant understanding object permanence.
C) infant being interested in the specific features of the novel stimulus.
D) infant's degree of selective attention.
E) infant having a cognitive delay.