Learning and memory facilitate predictive tracking in 4-month-olds

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-130

  Johnson, Scott P ^a   Shuwairi, Sarah M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Learning and memory; Object concepts; Predictive tracking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME;

EID: 55649115791     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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