Improvements in Object Exploration Skills May Facilitate the Development of Object Segregation in Early Infancy

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-156

  Needham, Amy ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000092042     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327647JCD010201     Document Type: Article

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