Young children's reasoning about the order of past events

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 168-183

  McCormack, Teresa ^a   Hoerl, Christoph ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causation; Reasoning; Time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; TIME PERCEPTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 35148900741     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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