Uniquely human self-control begins at school age

Developmental Science

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 979-993

  Herrmann, Esther ^a   Misch, Antonia ^a   Hernandez Lloreda, Victoria ^b   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOGNITION; REINFORCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONTROL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-CONTROL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOKEN ECONOMY;

EID: 84943660396     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12272     Document Type: Article

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