Discovering the Cement of the Universe: The Development of Event Comprehension From Childhood to Adulthood

Developmental Spans in Event Comprehension and Representation: Bridging Fictional and Actual Events

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 321-342

  van Den Broek, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 85139698052     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315044934-21     Document Type: Chapter

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