Individuation of objects and events: A developmental study

Cognition

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-191

  Wagner, Laura ^a   Carey, Susan ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspect; Developmental study; Events; Individuation; Objects

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

GOAL ORIENTED EVENT;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0242290114     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(03)00143-4     Document Type: Article

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