Graphic jokes and children's mind: An unusual way to approach children's representational activity

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 343-355

  Puche Navarro, Rebeca ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Graphic joke; Incongruity; Representational activity; Semiological analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 4544265316     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2004.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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