How children and adults name broken objects: Inferences and reasoning about design intentions in the categorization of artifacts

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 301-332

  Kemler Nelson, Deborah G ^a   Herron, Lindsay ^a   Morris, Catherine ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; OBJECT MANIPULATION;

EID: 0347063689     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327647JCD0303_3     Document Type: Article

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