Reasoning during joint decision-making by preschool peers

Cognitive Development

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 74-85

  Köymen, Bahar ^a   Rosenbaum, Lena ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Cultural common ground; Justifications; Peer interactions; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910054214     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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