Children use categories to maximize accuracy in estimation

Developmental Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 597-603

  Duffy, Sean ^a,d   Huttenlocher, Janellen ^b   Elizabeth Crawford, L ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33750345831     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2006.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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