Infants' developing sensitivity to object function: Attention to features and feature correlations

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-298

  Baumgartner, Heidi A ^a   Oakes, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COLOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SOUND; STIMULUS; VISUAL INFORMATION;

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EID: 79961217252     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: 15327647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2010.542217     Document Type: Article

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