Young children's use of functional information to categorize artifacts: Three factors that matter

Cognition

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-168

  Kemler Nelson, Deborah G ^a   Frankenfield, Anne ^a   Morris, Catherine ^a   Blair, Elizabeth ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact categorization; Categorization; Conceptual development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034676651     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(00)00097-4     Document Type: Article

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