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Peer reviewedQuinn, Paul C.; Eimas, Peter D. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1996
Examines the perceptual cues used by three- and four-month-old infants to categorically distinguish perceptually similar animal species. Indicates that cues form the facial and head region provide the critical source of information that allows young infants to categorically differentiate cats and dogs and presumably a number of other animal…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Context Clues
