Regular ArticleChildren's Ability to Make Tentative Interpretations of Ambiguous Messages☆
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The work reported here was carried out by the first author under the supervision of the second in partial fulfillment of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and with financial support from the Economic and Social Research Council, UK.
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to E. J. Robinson, School of Psychology, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom. E-mail: [email protected].