Thinking ahead about where something is needed: New insights about episodic foresight in preschoolers

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 129, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-109

  Atance, Cristina M ^a   Louw, Alyssa ^a   Clayton, Nicola S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Episodic foresight; Memory; Planning; Preschoolers; Temporal distance

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; THINKING;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; THINKING;

EID: 84908584058     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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