Object function and categorization in infancy: Two mechanisms of facilitation

Infancy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-169

  Booth, Amy E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; ORGANIZATION; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33750169270     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327078in1002_3     Document Type: Article

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