The development of possibility judgment within and across domains

Cognitive Development

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-309

  Shtulman, Andrew ^a  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal reasoning; Conceptual development; Domain specificity; Modal reasoning; Possibility judgment

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849087292     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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