The role of testimony in young children's solution of a gravity-driven invisible displacement task

Cognitive Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-246

  Bascandziev, Igor ^a   Harris, Paul L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity error; Na ve physics; Perseveration; Testimony

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955920241     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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