Infants hierarchically organize memory representations

Developmental Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 610-621

  Rosenberg, Rebecca D ^a,b   Feigenson, Lisa ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84879550004     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12055     Document Type: Article

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