Reasoning about beliefs: A human specialization?

Child Development

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 691-695

  Povinelli, Daniel J ^a   Giambrone, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; NOTE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CONCEPT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISION;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035346991     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00307     Document Type: Article

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