Children's Ability to Estimate the Frequency of Single and Repeated Events

International Journal of Police Science and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 234-242

  Sharman, Stefanie J ^c   Powell, Martine B ^a   Roberts, Kim P ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

children's memory; frequency judgments; repeated events

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887504854     PISSN: 14613557     EISSN: 14781603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1350/ijps.2011.13.3.243     Document Type: Article

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