Running on Empty? How Folk Science Gets By With Less

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 329-334

  Keil, Frank C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive development; concepts; explanation; folk science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866975777     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721412453721     Document Type: Article

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