Just do it? Investigating the gap between prediction and action in toddlers' causal inferences.

Just do it? Investigating the gap between prediction and action in toddlers' causal inferences.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.cognition.2009.12.001
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发表时间:
2010-04
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影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Schulz LE
Schulz LE
中科院分区:
心理学2区
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作者:
Bonawitz EB;Ferranti D;Saxe R;Gopnik A;Meltzoff AN;Woodward J;Schulz LE

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