Solving belief problems: Toward a task analysis

Cognition

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-31

  Roth, Daniel ^a   Leslie, Alan M ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood autism; Conceptual development; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; LOGIC; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECUMBENCY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; DECEPTION; HUMANS; LOGIC; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032038021     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(98)00005-5     Document Type: Article

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