The interplay between perceptual organization and categorization in the representation of complex visual patterns by young infants

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-127

  Quinn, Paul C ^a   Schyns, Philippe G ^b   Goldstone, Robert L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Category learning; Infant cognition; Perceptual organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GESTALT THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GESTALT THEORY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 33748501485     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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