Preaching to the converted? From constructivism to neuroconstructivism

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-102

  Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental time; Domain relevance; Emergent domain specificity; Evolution; Neuroconstructivism; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749127360     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2009.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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