The Designing Mind: Children's Reasoning About Intended Function and Artifact Structure

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 439-453

  Kelemen, Deborah ^a   Seston, Rebecca ^a   Saint Georges, Laure ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL PHASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS; THINKING;

EID: 84866454530     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: 15327647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2011.608200     Document Type: Article

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