Toddlers' use of cues in a search task

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-267

  Keen, Rachel ^a,f   Berthier, Neil ^a   Sylvia, Monica R ^b   Butler, Samantha ^c   Prunty, Patricia K ^d   Baker, Rachel K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Mount Olive College   (United States)

^e CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant; Object search; Physical reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449114292     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.550     Document Type: Article

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