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Informants' Traits Weigh Heavily in Young Children's Trust in Testimony and in Their Epistemic Inferences

dc.contributor.authorLane, Jonathan D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWellman, Henry M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGelman, Susan A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-02T20:51:18Z
dc.date.available2014-09-02T14:12:53Zen_US
dc.date.issued2013-07en_US
dc.identifier.citationLane, Jonathan D.; Wellman, Henry M.; Gelman, Susan A. (2013). "Informants' Traits Weigh Heavily in Young Children's Trust in Testimony and in Their Epistemic Inferences." Child Development 84(4): 1253-1268. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/99002>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0009-3920en_US
dc.identifier.issn1467-8624en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/99002
dc.publisherAcademic Pressen_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.titleInformants' Traits Weigh Heavily in Young Children's Trust in Testimony and in Their Epistemic Inferencesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.identifier.pmid23240893en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/99002/1/cdev12029.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cdev.12029en_US
dc.identifier.sourceChild Developmenten_US
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