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Intelligence and Learning

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The progressive construction of mind

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What Preschoolers know about Animate and Inanimate Objects

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The Relationship between Memory Span and Processing Speed

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The Progressive Construction of Mind

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Structural analysis of memory traces in children from 4 to 10 years of age.

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Structural analysis of memory traces in children from 4 to 10 years of age.

1980 • 12 citations

A word-frequency cohort effect in young versus elderly adults' memory for words.

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1976 • 8 citations

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