When less is more: How infants learn to form an abstract categorical representation of support

Child Development

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 279-290

  Casasola, Marianella ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE;

COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE;

EID: 14844315048     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00844.x     Document Type: Article

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