Children's Perseverative Appearance-Reality Errors are Related to Emerging Language Skills

Child Development

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 944-964

  Deák, Gedeon O ^a   Ray, Shanna D ^c   Brenneman, Kimberly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECUMBENCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEMORY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0141430853     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00578     Document Type: Article

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