Infants' inductive generalization of bodily, motion, and sensory properties to animals and people

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-453

  Poulin Dubois, Diane ^a   Frenkiel Fishman, Sarah ^a   Samantha, Nayer ^a   Johnson, Susan ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CAT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MAMMAL; MOTOR VEHICLE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33750460968     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0704_1     Document Type: Article

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