The foundations of object permanence: Does perceived cohesion determine infants' appreciation of the continuous existence of material objects?

Cognition

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 397-406

  Cacchione, Trix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Cohesiveness and continuity; Core knowledge; Object representation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL FIELD;

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHESIVENESS AND CONTINUITY; CORE KNOWLEDGE; OBJECT REPRESENTATION;

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84879021288     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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