Causal Learning Across Domains

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 162-176

  Schulz, Laura E ^a   Gopnik, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1442305419     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.40.2.162     Document Type: Article

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