36-month-olds conceal visual and auditory information from others

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 479-489

  Melis, Alicia P ^a   Call, Josep ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECUMBENCY; DECEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77952722419     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00892.x     Document Type: Article

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