Occlusion is Hard: Comparing predictive reaching for visible and hidden objects in infants and adults

Cognitive Science

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1483-1502

  Hespos, Susan ^a   Gredebäck, Gustaf ^b   von Hofsten, Claes ^c   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infancy; Occlusion; Reaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953153229     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2009.01051.x     Document Type: Article

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