Dealing with conflicting information: Young children's reliance on what they see versus what they are told

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-160

  Ma, Lili ^a   Ganea, Patricia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 72249115611     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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