2.5-Month-Old Infants' Reasoning about When Objects Should and Should Not Be Occluded

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 116-157

  Aguiar, Andréa ^a   Baillargeon, Renée ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGIC; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LOGIC; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REALITY TESTING;

EID: 0033194379     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cogp.1999.0717     Document Type: Article

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