Predicting the outcomes of physical events: Two-year-olds fail to reveal knowledge of solidity and support

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1540-1554

  Hood, Bruce ^a   Carey, Susan ^b   Prasada, Sandeep ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0034331852     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00247     Document Type: Article

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