Transfer and scaffolding of perceptual grouping occurs across organizing principles in 3- to 7-month-old infants

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 933-938

  Quinn, Paul C ^a   Bhatt, Ramesh S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GESTALT THERAPY; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; GESTALT THEORY; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 68249116218     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02383.x     Document Type: Article

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