Do children try to answer nonsensical questions?

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 211-225

  Waterman, Amanda H ^a   Blades, Mark ^b   Spencer, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034338771     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151000165652     Document Type: Article

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