Developmental changes in the discrimination of dynamic human actions in infancy

Developmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-130

  Loucks, Jeff ^a   Sommerville, Jessica A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84855911952     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01099.x     Document Type: Article

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