Perception of the Ebbinghaus illusion in 5- to 8-month-old infants

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-40

  Yamazaki, Yuka ^a   Otsuka, Yumiko ^b   Kanazawa, So ^b   Yamaguchi, Masami K ^a  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Infants; Perception; Preference; The Ebbinghaus illusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950804825     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2009.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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