The impact of specific prior experiences on infants' extension of animal properties

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 712-721

  Furrer, Stephanie D ^a   Younger, Barbara A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 49549117286     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00721.x     Document Type: Article

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