The Significance of Event Information for 6- to 16-Month-Old Infants' Perception of Containment

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 207-223

  Smitsman, Ad W ^a   Dejonckheere, Peter J N ^b   De Wit, Tessa C J ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

embodiment; event information; infants; perception of containment

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AGING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58449113272     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014034     Document Type: Article

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