Developmental changes in visual object recognition between 18 and 24 months of age

Developmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-80

  Pereira, Alfredo F ^a,b   Smith, Linda B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECOGNITION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 57849168349     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00747.x     Document Type: Article

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