Infants Use Compression Information to Infer Objects' Weights: Examining Cognition, Exploration, and Prospective Action in a Preferential-Reaching Task

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1978-1995

  Hauf, Petra ^a   Paulus, Markus ^b   Baillargeon, Renée ^c  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION;

CONCEPT FORMATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JUDGMENT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

EID: 84869419566     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01824.x     Document Type: Article

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