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Visual Perception in Infancy. / Bremner, Gavin; Tham, Diana Su Yun; Dunn, Kirsty.
The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development. ed. / Stephen Hupp; Jeremy D. Jewell. John Wiley & Sons, 2019. p. 1-9.

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Bremner, G, Tham, DSY & Dunn, K 2019, Visual Perception in Infancy. in S Hupp & JD Jewell (eds), The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development. John Wiley & Sons, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119171492.wecad110

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Bremner, G., Tham, D. S. Y., & Dunn, K. (2019). Visual Perception in Infancy. In S. Hupp, & J. D. Jewell (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development (pp. 1-9). John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119171492.wecad110

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Bremner G, Tham DSY, Dunn K. Visual Perception in Infancy. In Hupp S, Jewell JD, editors, The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development. John Wiley & Sons. 2019. p. 1-9 doi: 10.1002/9781119171492.wecad110

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Bremner, Gavin ; Tham, Diana Su Yun ; Dunn, Kirsty. / Visual Perception in Infancy. The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development. editor / Stephen Hupp ; Jeremy D. Jewell. John Wiley & Sons, 2019. pp. 1-9

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