What is 'on' and 'under' for 15-, 18- and 24-month-olds? Typicality effects in early comprehension of spatial prepositions

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 113-130

  Meints, Kerstin ^a   Plunkett, Kim ^b   Harris, Paul L ^b   Dimmock, Debbie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036442091     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151002166352     Document Type: Article

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