Multisensory exploration and object individuation in infancy

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 479-495

  Wilcox, Teresa ^a   Woods, Rebecca ^a   Chapa, Catherine ^b   McCurry, Sarah ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Palo Alto College   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive mechanisms; Color; Infant cognition; Multimodal processing; Multisensory information; Object individuation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 33947541555     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.2.479     Document Type: Article

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