Attentional learning and flexible induction: How mundane mechanisms give rise to smart behaviors

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 639-651

  Sloutsky, Vladimir M ^a   Fisher, Anna V ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 43749094542     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01148.x     Document Type: Article

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