Gradual belief change in children

Human Development

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 283-296

  Schwitzgebel, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Belief; Cognitive development; Competence; Contextualism; False belief; Object permanence; Performance; Philosophy of mind; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042413606     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022637     Document Type: Article

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