Children's Competency in Understanding the Role of a Witness: Truth, Lies, and Moral Ties

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages

  Perner, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

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EID: 4143058095     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199712)11:73.3.co;2-q     Document Type: Article

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