Do preschoolers save to benefit their future selves?

Cognitive Development

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 371-382

  Metcalf, Jennifer L ^a   Atance, Cristina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Episodic foresight; Episodic memory; False belief; Saving behaviors; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655187472     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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