A domain-general theory of the development of perceptual discrimination

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 197-201

  Scott, Lisa S ^a   Pascalis, Olivier ^b   Nelson, Charles A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Face perception; Perceptual narrowing; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547822033     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2007.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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