Four- and five-year-old children's categorization: Sensitivity to constraints on word meaning and influence of stimulus presentation in a forced-choice paradigm

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 63-85

  Rey, Emmanuelle ^a   Berger, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Categorization; Concept formation; Development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035619482     PISSN: 02499185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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