The representation of geometric cues in infancy

Infancy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-127

  Lourenco, Stella F ^a   Huttenlocher, Janellen ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 41749120551     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15250000701795572     Document Type: Article

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