A first step in form-based category abstraction by 12-month-old infants

Developmental Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 567-580

  Gómez, Rebecca L ^a   Lakusta, Laura ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; SEMANTICS;

COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; SEMANTICS;

EID: 8644251281     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2004.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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