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ERIC Number: EJ531312
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0965
Perceptual Cues That Permit Categorical Differentiation of Animal Species by Infants.
Quinn, Paul C.; Eimas, Peter D.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v63 n1 p189-211 Oct 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 species that bear a close resemblance with one another. (AA)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Context Clues, Cues, Infants, Knowledge Level, Perception, Recognition (Psychology)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Categorical Perception; Category Knowledge; Category Meaning; Perceptual Discrimination; Visual Cues