Priming infants to use pattern information in an object individuation task: The role of comparison

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 886-897

  Wilcox, Teresa ^a   Smith, Tracy ^a   Woods, Rebecca ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Comparison; Infants; Object individuation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 79955727312     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021792     Document Type: Article

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