Basic-level and superordinate-like categorical representations in early infancy

Cognition

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-141

  Behl Chadha, Gundeep ^a  

^a PLANNING SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADULT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0030208750     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0010-0277(96)00706-8     Document Type: Article

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