Children's Conformity When Acquiring Novel Conventions: The Case of Artifacts

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 569-583

  Schillaci, Rebecca Seston ^a   Kelemen, Deborah ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84926133226     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: 15327647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2013.784973     Document Type: Article

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