The effects of perceptual similarity and category membership on early word-referent identification

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 63-80

  Arias Trejo, Natalia ^a   Plunkett, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic level categories; Category competition; Global categories; Perceptual competition; Preferential looking; Word referent identification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450222097     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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