Young infants' expectations about hidden objects: A reply to three challenges

Developmental Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-132

  Baillargeon, Renée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0033244597     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7687.00061     Document Type: Article

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