Narrative discourse and theory of mind development

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 305-325

  Guajardo, Nicole R ^a   Watson, Anne C ^b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse; Mind; Narrative; Training

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECUMBENCY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NARRATION;

EID: 0036726207     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320209598686     Document Type: Article

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