Surprise! Infants consider possible bases of generalization for a single input example

Developmental Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 80-89

  Gerken, Louann ^a   Dawson, Colin ^a   Chatila, Razanne ^a   Tenenbaum, Josh ^b  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84919956129     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12183     Document Type: Article

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