Set size, individuation, and attention to shape

Cognition

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 258-267

  Cantrell, Lisa ^a   Smith, Linda B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Number; Object shape

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SET SIZE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84871804949     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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