Embodiment and children’s understanding of the real and re presented world

Developmental Perspectives on Embodiment and Consciousness

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 191-224

  Liben, Lynn S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920448262     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203809778     Document Type: Chapter

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