Normativity and context in young children's pretend play

Cognitive Development

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-155

  Wyman, Emily ^a   Rakoczy, Hannes ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Normativity; Pretend play; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349170887     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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