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Critical Periods in Behavioral Development: Critical periods determine the direction of social, intellectual, and emotional development.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Scott, J. P.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1962-11-30
- Volume
- 138
- Issue
- 3544
- Pages
- 949-958
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W1510042227
- Cited by
- 415
- References
- 5
- FWCI
- 31.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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