Why do children lack the flexibility to innovate tools?

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 497-511

  Cutting, Nicola ^a   Apperly, Ian A ^a   Beck, Sarah R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal understanding; Executive function; Ill structured problems; Mental flexibility; Problem solving; Tool innovation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 79955471652     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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