Infants' Knowledge about Occlusion and Containment Events: A Surprising Discrepancy

Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-147

  Hespos, Susan J ^a   Baillargeon, Renée ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 0035292720     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00324     Document Type: Article

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