Are A-not-B errors caused by a belief about object location?

Child Development

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 122-136

  Ruffman, Ted ^a,b   Slade, Lance ^a,c   Sandino, Juan Carlos ^a   Fletcher, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY; MOTION PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 14844316008     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00834.x     Document Type: Article

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