Individual Differences in Inhibitory Control and Children's Theory of Mind

Child Development

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1032-1053

  Carlson, Stephanie M ^a   Moses, Louis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONCEPT FORMATION; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECALL; VISION;

AWARENESS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REALITY TESTING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035408431     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00333     Document Type: Article

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