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Ma, Lili; Lillard, Angeline S. – Child Development, 2006
This study examined 2- to 3-year-olds' ability to make a pretend-real distinction in the absence of content cues. Children watched two actors side by side. One was really eating, and the other was pretending to eat, but in neither case was information about content available. Following the displays, children were asked to retrieve the real food…
Descriptors: Young Children, Cues, Visual Discrimination, Food

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