The development of categorical flexibility in 3- to 8-year-old children: The role of conceptual aspects;Développement de la flexibilité catégorielle de 3 à 8 ans : Rôle des aspects conceptuels

Annee Psychologique

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 659-698

  Maintenant, Célia ^a,b   Blaye, Agnès ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 67650169480     PISSN: 00035033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4074/S0003503308004041     Document Type: Article

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