Children's sensitivity to error magnitude when evaluating informants

Cognitive Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 218-232

  Einav, Shiri ^a   Robinson, Elizabeth J ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Selective trust; Social evaluation; Speaker reliability; Testimony

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955922055     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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