Cognitive development includes global and domain-specific processes

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 445-455

  Kail, Robert V ^a,b,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychological Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 11144256153     PISSN: 0272930X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mpq.2004.0031     Document Type: Review

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