Preschool Ontology: The Role of Beliefs About Category Boundaries in Early Categorization

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 78-93

  Rhodes, Marjorie ^a   Gelman, Susan A ^b   Karuza, J Christopher ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84893797506     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: 15327647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2012.713875     Document Type: Article

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