Children's decision making: The effects of training, reinforcement, and memory aids

Cognitive Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-268

  Howse, Robin B ^a   Best, Deborah L ^b   Stone, Eric R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Decision making; Information

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038520195     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2014(03)00023-6     Document Type: Article

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