Core knowledge

Developmental Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-96

  Spelke, Elizabeth S ^a   Kinzler, Katherine D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33845754454     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00569.x     Document Type: Review

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