Differences in preschoolers' and adults' use of generics about novel animals and artifacts: A window onto a conceptual divide

Cognition

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-22

  Brandone, Amanda C ^a   Gelman, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Artifacts; Cognitive development; Concepts; Conceptual development; Domain specificity; Generics; Naive theories

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58049202108     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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