Turning believers into skeptics: 3-year-olds' sensitivity to cues to speaker credibility

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-283

  Jaswal, Vikram K ^a   Malone, Lauren S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THINKING; TRUST; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 34848916330     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248370701446392     Document Type: Article

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