More evidence for a relational shift in the development of analogy: Children's performance on a causal-mapping task

Cognitive Development

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 453-478

  Rattermann, Mary Jo ^a   Gentner, Dedre ^b  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0000741470     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2014(98)90003-X     Document Type: Article

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