Predictive Reaching for Occluded Objects by 6-Month-Old Infants

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 261-281

  Spelke, Elizabeth S ^a   Von Hofsten, Claes ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0345774278     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327647JCD0203_2     Document Type: Article

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