Thinking of things unseen: Infants' use of language to update mental representations

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 734-739

  Ganea, Patricia A ^a   Shutts, Kristin ^b   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^b   Deloache, Judy S ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGE FACTORS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE;

EID: 34547575206     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01968.x     Document Type: Article

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