Knowledge is not everything: Analysis of children's performance on a haptic comparison task

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 341-366

  Alexander, Joyce M ^a   Johnson, Kathy E ^b   Schreiber, James B ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH;

EID: 0036673008     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0965(02)00100-5     Document Type: Article

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