On tools and toys: How children learn to act on and pretend with Virgin objects'

Developmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-73

  Rakoczy, Hannes ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a   Striano, Tricia ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CREATIVITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; RECREATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CREATIVENESS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 12844287701     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2005.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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