Toddlers can adaptively change how they categorize: Same objects, same session, two different categorical distinctions

Developmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-105

  Horst, Jessica S ^a,e   Ellis, Ann E ^b   Samuelson, Larissa K ^a,c   Trejo, Erika ^a   Worzalla, Samantha L ^b   Peltan, Jessica R ^b   Oakes, Lisa M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Iowa Center for Developmental and Learning Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 57849105072     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00737.x     Document Type: Article

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