Children's understanding of the mind's involvement in pretense: Do words bend the truth?

Developmental Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-97

  Sobel, David M ^a   Lillard, Angeline S ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 0036003601     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7687.00214     Document Type: Article

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