Children's thinking is not just about what is in the head: Understanding the organism and environment as a unified system

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue , 2008, Pages 373-417

  Plumert, Jodie M ^a  

^a The University of Iowa   (United States)

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EID: 44949199172     PISSN: 00652407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2407(08)00009-8     Document Type: Chapter

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