What do children want to know about animals and artifacts? Domain-specific requests for information

Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 455-459

  Greif, Marissa L ^a,c   Kemler Nelson, Deborah G ^b   Keil, Frank C ^a   Gutierrez, Franky ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 33744958730     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01727.x     Document Type: Article

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