Early experience and multisensory perceptual narrowing

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 292-315

  Lewkowicz, David J ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early experience; Infant; Multisensory; Perceptual development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIENCE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; MULTISENSORY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

EARLY EXPERIENCE; INFANT; MULTISENSORY; PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INFANT; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84893828712     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21197     Document Type: Article

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