Neural markers of categorization in 6-month-old infants

Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-66

  Quinn, Paul C ^a   Westerlund, Alissa ^b   Nelson, Charles A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 33645059197     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01665.x     Document Type: Article

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