Temporal generalization in 3- to 8-year-old children

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 271-288

  Droit Volet, Sylvie ^a   Clément, Angélique ^a   Wearden, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Memory; Temporal perception; Timing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035513545     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.2001.2629     Document Type: Article

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