Infants' categorization of novel objects with more or less obvious features

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-91

  Welder, Andrea N ^a   Graham, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animacy; Categorization; Concept formation; Infants; Naming; Nonobvious features; Object examining

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

CONCEPT FORMATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 28444482055     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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