Physiological and behavioral parameters of infants' categorization: Changes in heart rate and duration of examining across trials

Developmental Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 551-556

  Elsner, Birgit ^a   Pauen, Sabina ^a   Jeschonek, Susanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; VISION;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33750339288     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2006.00532.x     Document Type: Article

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