Children assess informant reliability using bystanders' non-verbal cues

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 771-777

  Fusaro, Maria ^a   Harris, Paul L ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

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ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRUST;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; TRUST;

EID: 49549100845     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00728.x     Document Type: Article

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