Function revisited: How infants construe functional features in their representation of objects

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue , 2008, Pages 135-185

  Oakes, Lisa M ^a   Madole, Kelly L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44949230136     PISSN: 00652407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2407(08)00004-9     Document Type: Chapter

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