Who knows best? Preschoolers sometimes prefer child informants over adult informants

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-71

  VanderBorght, Mieke ^a   Jaswal, Vikram K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Social cognition; Speaker credibility; Testimony

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349171203     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.591     Document Type: Article

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