Neural markers of subordinate-level categorization in 6- to 7-month-old infants

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 499-507

  Quinn, Paul C ^a   Doran, Matthew M ^a   Reiss, Jason E ^b   Hoffman, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; TIME;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952712657     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00903.x     Document Type: Article

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