Number versus contour length in infants' discrimination of small visual sets

Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 408-411

  Clearfield, Melissa Wechsler ^a   Mix, Kelly S ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040675335     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00177     Document Type: Article

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