Inferring the size of a goal object from an actor's grasping movement in 6- and 9-month-old infants

Developmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 854-862

  Daum, Moritz M ^a   Vuori, Maria T ^b   Prinz, Wolfgang ^a   Aschersleben, Gisa ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; REACTION TIME; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 70350104899     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00831.x     Document Type: Article

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