Children's working understanding of knowledge sources: Confidence in knowledge gained from testimony

Cognitive Development

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-118

  Robinson, E J ^a   Haigh, S N ^b   Nurmsoo, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Source monitoring; Testimony; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949205624     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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