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Direct linkSubbotsky, Eugene – Developmental Psychology, 2005
This study tested participants' preparedness to acknowledge that an object could change as a result of magical intervention. Six- and 9-year-old children and adults treated perceived and imagined objects as being equally permanent. Adults treated a fantastic object as significantly less permanent than either perceived or imagined objects. Results…
Descriptors: Object Permanence, Children, Adults, Imagination
