The representations underlying infants' choice of more: Object files versus analog magnitudes

Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 150-156

  Feigenson, Lisa ^a,c   Carey, Susan ^b   Hauser, Marc ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036518063     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00427     Document Type: Article

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