Children's sensitivity to circular explanations

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-155

  Baum, Laura A ^a   Danovitch, Judith H ^a   Keil, Frank C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circularity; Cognitive development; Explanation; Knowledge acquisition; Middle childhood; Structural properties

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; HUMANS;

EID: 42649094495     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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