Infants and toddlers discriminate amount: Are they measuring?

Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 244-249

  Huttenlocher, Janellen ^a   Duffy, Sean ^a   Levine, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036582459     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00445     Document Type: Article

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