The teleological interpretation of behaviour: The infant's theory of rational action;La interpretación teleológica de la conducta: La teoría infantil de la acción racional

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 21, Issue 84, 1998, Pages 45-65

  Gergely, Gyorgy ^a   Csibra, Gergely ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domain specificity; Infants; Intentionality; Rationality; Teleological; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042052717     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1174/021037098760378784     Document Type: Article

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