What is a conventional object function? The effects of intentionality and consistency of use

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-292

  Wohlgelernter, Shifra ^a   Diesendruck, Gil ^a   Markson, Lori ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 77955405548     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248371003699985     Document Type: Article

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