To generalize or not to generalize: Spatial categories are influenced by physical attributes and language

Developmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-95

  Hespos, Susan J ^a   Piccin, Thomas B ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 57849089128     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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