Out of sight is not out of mind: Developmental changes in infants' understanding of visual perception during the second year

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-425

  Poulin Dubois, Diane ^a   Sodian, Beate ^b   Metz, Ulrike ^b   Tilden, Joanne ^a   Schoeppner, Barbara ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 36849091873     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248370701612951     Document Type: Article

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