Infants' causal representations of state change events

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 63-86

  Muentener, Paul ^a   Carey, Susan ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Infant cognition Michotte; Intentional agency; State change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; VISION;

ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956063540     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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