Object individuation in 10-month-old infants using a simplified manual search method

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-323

  Xu, Fei ^a   Baker, Allison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BOY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 33244497133     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0603_1     Document Type: Article

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