Infants' use of Prior Experiences With Objects in Object Segregation: Implications for Object Recognition in Infancy

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue C, 1999, Pages 99-133

  Needham, Amy ^a   Modi, Avani ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REVIEW;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; MEMORY; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0033287559     PISSN: 00652407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2407(08)60137-8     Document Type: Article

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