The Development of Uncertainty Monitoring in Early Childhood

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1778-1787

  Lyons, Kristen E ^a   Ghetti, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; UNCERTAINTY;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 81355151690     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01649.x     Document Type: Article

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