Object individuation and object identity in infancy: The role of spatiotemporal information, object property information, and language

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 102, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 113-136

  Xu, Fei ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant cognition; Object individuation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0033193049     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-6918(99)00029-3     Document Type: Article

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