Basic-level category discriminations by 7- and 9-month-olds in an object examination task

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-107

  Mareschal, Denis ^a   Powell, Daisy ^a   Volein, Agnes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetric exclusivity; Basic level categorization; Categorization; Infancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0042384747     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0965(03)00107-3     Document Type: Article

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