The Last of the Magicians? Children, Scientists, and the Invocation of Hidden Causal Powers

Child Development

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1018-1020

  Harris, Paul L ^a  

^a Dept of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CREATIVITY; EGO; HUMAN; MAGIC; NOTE; RELIGION; SCIENCE; THINKING;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CREATIVENESS; HUMANS; MAGIC; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); REALITY TESTING; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SCIENCE; THINKING;

EID: 0031308924     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb01978.x     Document Type: Article

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