Young Children Do Not Integrate Visual and Haptic Form Information

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 694-698

  Gori, Monica ^a,b   Del Viva, Michela ^c,d   Sandini, Giulio ^a,b   Burr, David C ^c,e  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VISION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; SIZE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 43049132821     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.036     Document Type: Article

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