The Relation between Acquisition of a Theory of Mind and the Capacity to Hold in Mind

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-83

  Gordon, Anne C L ^a   Olson, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGIC; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; VOLITION;

EID: 0031608415     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1997.2423     Document Type: Article

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