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Publication Date: 1990
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Form Categorization in 10-Month-Olds.
Colombo, John; And Others
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v49 n2 p173-88 Apr 1990
In 5 experiments, 10 month olds were habituated to exemplars of a form category and tested for categorization in paired-comparison trials involving in-category versus out-of-category stimuli. Results suggest infants' internal representation for category will not include stimulus dimension not varied in exemplars from which the category was derived. (RH)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Ability, Habituation, Infants, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Visual Stimuli
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