Future thinking in young children

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 295-298

  Atance, Cristina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conceptual development; Episodic memory; Future thinking; Mental time travel; Planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 48449103970     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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