Using dynamic field theory to rethink infant habituation

Psychological Review

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 273-299

  Schöner, Gregor ^a   Thelen, Esther ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic systems theory; Infant cognition; Infant habilitation; Infant perception

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 33744547372     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.113.2.273     Document Type: Article

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