Where is the real cheese? Young children's ability to discriminate between real and pretend acts

Child Development

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1762-1777

  Ma, Lili ^a   Lillard, Angeline S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33750920305     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00972.x     Document Type: Article

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