Children's and adult s intuitions about who can own things

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 265-286

  Nolesa, Nicholaus S ^a   Keil, Frank C ^b   Bloomb, Paul ^b   Gelmana, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

categories; owner; Ownership; property

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885616036     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685373-12342076     Document Type: Article

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