Infants' metaphysics: The case of numerical identity

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-153

  Fei, Xu ^a   Carey, Susan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; PILOT STUDY; TIME PERCEPTION;

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030117257     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cogp.1996.0005     Document Type: Article

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