Examining antEcEdEnt control ovEr EmErgEnt mands and tacts in Young childrEn
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Claire E. Egan is now at The Hong Kong Institute for Education. These experiments were completed as part of the doctoral work submitted by Claire E. Egan to the Department of Psychology at NUI, Maynooth. We would like to thank Dr. Chris Ninness for his invaluable comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript. Correspondence concerning the study should be addressed to Claire E. Egan, Department of Educational Psychology, Counselling, and Learning Needs, Hong Kong Institute of Education, 10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, NT, Hong Kong-SAR (e-mail: [email protected]). Examining antEcEdEnt control ovEr EmErgEnt mands and tacts in Young childrEn
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