How fantasy benefits young children's understanding of pretense

Developmental Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-75

  Sobel, David M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AWARENESS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33645034767     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2005.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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