Forces and motion: How young children understand causal events

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1285-1295

  Göksun, Tilbe ^a   George, Nathan R ^b   Hirsh Pasek, Kathy ^b   Golinkoff, Roberta M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION; PHYSICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 84880357124     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12035     Document Type: Article

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