RUNNING HEAD: BODY PARTS MODULATE TACTILE PERCEPTION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD Part-based representations of the body in early childhood: Evidence from perceived distortions of tactile space across limb boundaries
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215 words AUTHORS’ NOTE: Frances Le Cornu Knight is now at UCL Institute of Education. The corresponding authors are: i) Frances Le Cornu Knight, Department of Psychology and Human Development, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AA, U.K., Tel.: +44 (0) 207 612 6934, Email: [email protected], and ii) Andrew J. Bremner, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW, U.K., Tel.: +44 (0) 207 078 5142, Email: [email protected].
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