It's all connected: Pathways in visual object recognition and early noun learning

American Psychologist

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 618-629

  Smith, Linda B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Developmental theory; Noun learning; Visual object recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890066065     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034185     Document Type: Article

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