Rich analysis and rational models: Inferring individual behavior from infant looking data

Developmental Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 321-337

  Piantadosi, Steven T ^a   Kidd, Celeste ^a   Aslin, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BAYES THEOREM; COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TIME;

ATTENTION; BAYES THEOREM; COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBABILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899122172     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12083     Document Type: Article

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