Children's category-based inferences affect classification

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-24

  Ross, Brian H ^a   Gelman, Susan A ^b   Rosengren, Karl S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 21244453633     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151004X20108     Document Type: Article

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