From fragments to geometric shape: Changes in visual object recognition between 18 and 24 months

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 290-294

  Smith, Linda B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Object name learning; Visual object recognition; Visuomotor development

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849098601     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01654.x     Document Type: Article

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