Children's understanding of ownership transfers

Cognitive Development

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-145

  Blake, Peter R ^a   Harris, Paul L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349158570     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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