Preschoolers' sensitivity to referential ambiguity: Evidence for a dissociation between implicit understanding and explicit behavior

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 556-562

  Nilsen, Elizabeth S ^a   Graham, Susan A ^a   Smith, Shannon ^a   Chambers, Craig G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 45349106495     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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