Children's Understanding of Dreams as Mental States

Dreaming

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 179-194

  Meyer, Sarah ^a,b   Shore, Cecilia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Dream understanding; Preschoolers; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035634965     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012288223591     Document Type: Article

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