Infant Lightness Perception: Do 4-Month-Old Infants Follow Wallach's Ratio Rule?

Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-295

  Chien, Sarina Hui Lin ^a   Palmer, John ^a   Teller, Davida Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISION;

ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0141463668     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.14411     Document Type: Article

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