We Saw It All Along: Visual Hindsight Bias in Children and Adults

Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 264-267

  Bernstein, Daniel M ^a   Atance, Cristina ^a   Loftus, Geoffrey R ^a   Meltzoff, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 2042510987     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2004.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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