Thyme to touch: Infants possess strategies that protect them from dangers posed by plants

Cognition

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-49

  Wertz, Annie E ^a   Wynn, Karen ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Danger avoidance; Evolutionary psychology; Infancy; Natural world

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANT; PLANT DEFENSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THYME; TOUCH; DRIVE; PHYSIOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INSTINCT; MALE; PLANTS; TOUCH;

EID: 84886240909     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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