Limits on theory of mind use in adults

Cognition

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-41

  Keysar, Boaz ^a   Lin, Shuhong ^a   Barr, Dale J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Egocentrism; Perspective taking; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; GAME THEORY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

HUMAN COMPREHENSION SYSTEM;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 0041667942     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0277(03)00064-7     Document Type: Article

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