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A lower boundary for category formation in preverbal infants*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

John Colombo*
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
Marion O'Brien
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
D. Wayne Mitchell
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
Kenneth Roberts
Affiliation:
Kent State University
Frances Degen Horowitz
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
*
Department of Human Development, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA.

Abstract

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Notes and Discussion
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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Footnotes

*

J.C. and M.O'B. share primary authorship. This work was supported by PHS Biomedical Research Resources (University of Kansas Biomedical Grant 4309), ADMHA grant (1 RO1 MH41395–01) awarded to J.C., NICHD grant 1 PO1 HD18955–01 (M.O'B. and F.D.H. co-investigators), and NICHD grant 1 RO1 HD18290–01A1 to F.D.H. We are grateful to Michelle Knoll and the ku Regents Center staff for their assistance, and for the participation of the parents of the 79 infants tested in these studies.

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