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Peer reviewedHarris, Paul L.; And Others – Cognitive Development, 1997
Two experiments tested children's ability to imagine a pretend action and select a representation of its outcome. Found that children two years and older could select the correct representation, whether represented by a picture or toy; younger children could not select representations of actual or pretend transformations. Results had implications…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Imagination
