Perception of object shape and texture in human newborns: Evidence from cross-modal transfer tasks

Developmental Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 399-410

  Sann, Coralie ^a,b   Streri, Arlette ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEWBORN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; STIMULATION; TOUCH; VISION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; FRANCE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TOUCH; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34247340905     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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