Children apply principles of physical ownership to ideas

Cognitive Science

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1383-1403

  Shaw, Alex ^a   Li, Vivian ^a   Olson, Kristina R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control of permission; First possession; Ideas; Intellectual property; Ownership; Property

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OWNERSHIP;

EID: 84868314544     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2012.01265.x     Document Type: Article

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