Young children's understanding of multiple object identity: Appearance, pretense and function

Developmental Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 590-596

  Abelev, Maxim ^a   Markman, Ellen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EGO; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; REALITY TESTING;

EID: 33750293551     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2006.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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