Reasoning about a structured object: Three-and four-year-olds' grasp of a borderline case and an unexcluded middle

Child Development

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 866-871

  Sharpe, Dean ^a   Côté, Marie Hélène ^b   Eakin, Laurel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040218327     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00062     Document Type: Article

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