Young children's reasoning about the effects of emotional and physiological states on academic performance

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-133

  Amsterlaw, Jennifer ^a   Lagattuta, Kristin Hansen ^b   Meltzoff, Andrew N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIALIZATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTIONS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGER; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 59949096667     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01249.x     Document Type: Article

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