Does reaching in the dark for unseen objects reflect representation in infants?

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 297-302

  Clifton, Rachel K ^a   Perris, Eve E ^a   McCall, Daniel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Object permanence; Reaching; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037588271     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(99)00017-X     Document Type: Article

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