Methodological challenges for understanding cognitive development in infants

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 92-98

  Aslin, Richard N ^a   Fiser, József ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CORRELATION METHODS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BRAIN STATES; HUMAN INFANTS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

CALCULATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LEARNING; NONHUMAN;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PROBABILITY LEARNING;

EID: 14644425237     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2005.01.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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