Figural goodness, stimulus heterogeneity, similarity and object segregation in infancy

Developmental Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 423-432

  Bertin, Evelin ^b   Bhatt, Ramesh S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035511493     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7687.00184     Document Type: Article

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