Which penguin is this? attributing false beliefs about object identity at 18 months

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1172-1196

  Scott, Rose M ^a   Baillargeon, Renée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 67650650225     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01324.x     Document Type: Article

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