Speed discrimination in 6- and 10-month-old infants follows Weber's law

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 405-418

  Möhring, Wenke ^a   Libertus, Melissa E ^b   Bertin, Evelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area discrimination; Cognitive Development; Infancy; Speed discrimination; Temporal discrimination; Weber's Law

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION;

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84855461230     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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