Knowing how to project objects: Probing the generality of children's action knowledge

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 383-414

  Krist, Horst ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FORCE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MOTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 2642583380     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327647JCD0404_01     Document Type: Article

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