Early development of object unity: Evidence for perceptual completion in newborns

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 799-808

  Valenza, Eloisa ^a   Bulf, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79959295154     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.01026.x     Document Type: Article

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