Young Children's Trust in Overtly Misleading Advice

Cognitive Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 646-667

  Heyman, Gail D ^a   Sritanyaratana, Lalida ^a   Vanderbilt, Kimberly E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Deception; Early childhood development; Informants; Interpersonal communication; Social cognition; Trust (social behavior)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877338792     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12020     Document Type: Article

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