Performance on the A-not-B task of argentinean infants from unsatisfied and satisfied basic needs homes

Interamerican Journal of Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-60

  Lipina, Sebastián J ^a,b   Martelli, María I ^a   Vuelta, Beatriz ^a   Colombo, Jorge A ^a  

^a Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas ^*  (Argentina)

^b NONE

Author keywords

A not B task; Cognitive development; Infants; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 35649028283     PISSN: 00349690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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