Effects of context on judgments concerning the reality status of novel entities

Child Development

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1778-1793

  Woolley, Jacqueline D ^a   Van Reet, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; SEMANTICS;

EID: 33750913877     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00973.x     Document Type: Article

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