The ontogeny and phylogeny of children's object and fantasy play

Human Nature

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-43

  Pellegrini, Anthony D ^a   Bjorklund, David F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fantasy; Function; Human development; Object play

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442682549     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-004-1002-z     Document Type: Review

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