Young Children's Recognition of Commonalities between Animals and Plants

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2823-2840

  Inagaki, Kayoko ^a   Hatano, Giyoo ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VISION;

ANIMAL POPULATION GROUPS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLANTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030348039     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01890.x     Document Type: Article

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