Changes in visual object recognition precede the shape bias in early noun learning

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Yee, Meagan ^a   Jones, Susan S ^a   Smith, Linda B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Infants; Shape bias; Visual object recognition; Word learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874563342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00533     Document Type: Article

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