Historical change, cultural learning, and cognitive representation in Zinacantec Maya children

Cognitive Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 455-487

  Greenfield, Patricia M ^a   Maynard, Ashley E ^a,c   Childs, Carla P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Germantown Friends School   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Apprenticeship; Cognitive development; Cultural learning; Culture; Historical change; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344796394     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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