The emergence of perceptual category representations in young infants: A connectionist analysis

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 236-263

  Quinn, Paul C ^a   Johnson, Mark H ^b  

^a WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; VISION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031204527     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1997.2385     Document Type: Article

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