Infants' object search: Effects of variable object visibility under constant means-end demands

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-142

  Shinskey, Jeanne L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; RECOGNITION; SKILL; VISIBILITY;

EID: 0346197030     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327647JCD0302_1     Document Type: Article

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