Infants form associations between memory representations of stimuli that are absent

Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 543-549

  Cuevas, Kimberly ^a   Rovee Collier, Carolyn ^a   Learmonth, Amy E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY; RECREATION;

ASSOCIATION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 33744954381     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01741.x     Document Type: Article

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