Young children's understanding of the roles of knowledge and thinking in pretense

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-45

  Davis, Debra Lee ^a,b   Woolley, Jacqueline D ^a   Bruell, Marc J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

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EID: 0036442417     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151002166307     Document Type: Article

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