Early Differentiation within the Animate Domain: Are Humans Something Special?

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 134-151

  Pauen, Sabina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animate inanimate distinction; Categorization; Concept formation; Infancy; Person knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0034134651     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1999.2530     Document Type: Article

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