When can children handle referential opacity? Evidence for systematic variation in 5- and 6-year-old children's reasoning about beliefs and belief reports

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 297-311

  Apperly, I A ^a   Robinson, E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belief reports; False belief; Intensionality; Referential opacity; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; REALITY TESTING;

EID: 0041709210     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0965(03)00099-7     Document Type: Article

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