Preschool children's understanding of the dichotomy between the natural and the artificial

Psychological Reports

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-27

  Petrovich, Olivera ^a  

^a WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042581326     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.84.1.3     Document Type: Article

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