Are errors in false belief tasks symptomatic of a broader difficulty with counterfactuality?

Cognitive Development

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-90

  Riggs, Kevin J ^a   Peterson, Donald M ^a   Robinson, Elizabeth J ^a   Mitchell, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002724933     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2014(98)90021-1     Document Type: Article

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