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Visual Acuity of Infants and Young Children: Forced-Choice Preferential Looking Procedures

Velma DobsonVisiting Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
, Ph.D.,
Mary Alice McDonaldUniversity of Washington, Seattle, Washington;Graduate Student, Department of Psychology, University of Washington
, B.S. &
Davida Y. TellerUniversity of Washington, Seattle, Washington;Professor, Departments of Psychology, Physiology/Biophysics, Child Development and Mental Retardation Center, and Regional Primate Center, University of Washington
, Ph.D.
Pages 118-125 | Published online: 05 Apr 2018

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