Sociocultural Input Facilitates Children's Developing Understanding of Extraordinary Minds

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1007-1021

  Lane, Jonathan D ^a   Wellman, Henry M ^a   Evans, E Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIGION; THEORY OF MIND;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; RELIGION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84860440566     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01741.x     Document Type: Article

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