Do children really confuse appearance and reality?

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 546-550

  Deák, Gedeon O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORMAL LOGIC; INFERENCE ENGINES;

HYPOTHESIS; LOGICAL INFERENCES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONFUSION; FANTASY; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; PERCEPTION; SEMANTICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFUSION; HUMANS; REALITY TESTING;

EID: 33751413106     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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