Two- and three-year-olds infer and reason about design intentions in order to categorize broken objects

Developmental Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 543-549

  Nelson, Deborah G Kemler ^a   Holt, Morghan B ^a   Egan, Louisa Chan ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 8644251282     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2004.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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