Gender biases in children's memory for expected and unexpected objects in real-world settings

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 197-212

  Carelli, Maria Grazia ^a,b   Mäntylä, Timo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0040571475     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-835X.1997.tb00734.x     Document Type: Article

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