Visual Short-Term Memory for Complex Objects in 6- and 8-Month-Old Infants

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 564-577

  Kwon, Mee Kyoung ^a   Luck, Steven J ^a   Oakes, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84896319947     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12161     Document Type: Article

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