Preschoolers' use of spatiotemporal history, appearance, and proper name in determining individual identity

Cognition

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 366-380

  Gutheil, Grant ^a   Gelman, Susan A ^b   Klein, Eileen ^c   Michos, Katherine ^d   Kelaita, Kara ^e  

^a NAZARETH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

Concepts; Development; Essentialism; Identity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NAMES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 40649127710     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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