Category-use effects in children

Child Development

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1719-1732

  Hayes, Brett K ^a   Younger, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 10844258072     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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