Children's understanding of belief and disconfirming visual evidence

Cognitive Development

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 463-475

  Perner, Josef ^b   López, Alejandro ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

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EID: 0010445786     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0885-2014(97)90018-6     Document Type: Article

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