The importance of being interpreted: Grounded words and children's relational reasoning

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue MAR, 2012, Pages

  Son, Ji Y ^a   Smith, Linda B ^b   Goldstone, Robert L ^b   Leslie, Michelle ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogy; Cognitive development; Labels; Relational reasoning; Schemas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867044010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00045     Document Type: Article

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