On the Distinction between False Belief Understanding and Subscribing to an Interpretive Theory of Mind

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1686-1706

  Carpendale, Jeremy I ^a   Chandler, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0030510525     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01821.x     Document Type: Article

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