Five-month-old infants have different expectations for solids and liquids: Research article

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 603-611

  Hespos, Susan J ^a,b   Ferry, Alissa L ^a   Rips, Lance J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Psychology Department   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION;

ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 65549162242     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02331.x     Document Type: Article

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