Very young children are insensitive to picture- but not object-orientation

Developmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 326-332

  Pierroutsakos, Sophia L ^a   DeLoache, Judy S ^b   Gound, Mary ^c   Bernard, E Nicole ^d  

^a St Louis Community College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; REVIEW; VISION;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 22144478316     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2005.00420.x     Document Type: Review

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